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FIRST  ANNUAL  CONFERENCE 

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THE  SOCIETY  FOR  THE  PROMOTION 
OF  SOCIAL  SERVICl^::^ 

NIAGARA  FALLS 
JANUARY  8-9 

1908  «^^^ 


Containing  Addresses,  Papers,  Resolutions, 
List  of  Suggested  Speakers  and  a  Bibliography^ 


PUBLISHED  BY  THE  SOCIETY  FOR  THE 
PROMOTION  OF  SOCIAL  SERVICE  IN  THE 
YOUNG  MEN'S  CHRISTIAN  ASSOCIATION 


FIRST  ANNUAL  CONFERENCE 

OF 

THE  SOCIETY  FOR  THE  PROMOTION 
OF  SOCIAL  SERVICE 

NIAGARA  FALLS 

JANUARY  8-9 

1908 


Containing  Addresses,  Papers,  Resolutions, 
List  of  Suggested  Speakers  and  a  Bibliography 


PUBLISHED  BY  THE  SOCIETY  FOR  THE 
PROMOTION  OF  SOCIAL  SERVICE  IN  THE 
YOUNG  MEN'S  CHRISTIAN  ASSOCIATION 


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H  Statement 

The  soundest  Association  policy  and  program  will  constantlv 
hold  in  view  two  things,  namely,  by  every  means  possible  to  keep 
its  Christian  ideal  clear  and  high,  and  to  inform  itself  concerning 
every  condition  of  the  life  of  the  men  of  any  group  in  which  it 
would  promote  that  ideal.  The  two  go  hand  in  hand,  the  condi- 
tions which  dictate  the  means  of  promoting  the  ideal  in  men's 
lives,  and  the  ideal  gradually  affecting  the  conditions.  Therefore 
no  small  part  of  our  effectiveness  as  Christian  workers  lies  in  our 
eagerness  to  be  informed  as  to  facts,  conditions,  and  our  ability 
to  conform  our  service  thereto. 

Among  Association  men  there  is  a  widespread  feeling  that 
we  might  do  our  work  better  in  certain  directions  if  we  better 
understood  today's  life.  Notably  is  this  true  of  the  life  of  wage 
earners,  who  find  themselves  in  the  midst  of  social  problems  of 
vital  concern.  Any  presentation  of  the  Christian  ideal  that  can 
be  made  to  this  group  must  begin  with  a  sympathetic  effort  to 
understand  their  problems  and  to  bring  about  a  solution  of  them 
just  to  all  concerned.  This  is  practical  religion,  and  furthermore, 
often  must  precede  any  other  religious  service.  Social  service  is 
religious. 

These  same  things  are  true  of  our  relation  to  any  other 
group  of  men. 

It  was  with  this  in  mind  that  a  number  of  Association  men 
met    in    the    Young    Men's    Christian    Association    Building    in 


Toledo,  Ohio,  in  October,  1906,  and  gave  three  days  to  the  dis- 
cussion of  some  of  the  problems  involved. 

At  the  conclusion  of  the  discussions,  it  was  thought  wise  to 
form  an  organization.  Therefore,  there  was  organized  "The 
Society  for  the  Promotion  of  Social  Service."  The  purpose  is  to 
promote  intelligent  and  effective  service  among  Wage  Earners, 
or  in  any  group  where  such  service  promises  the  furthering  of 
the  Kingdom  of  God. 

About  three  hundred  men  joined  the  new  organization.  The 
following  pages  record  the  papers,  addresses  and  resolutions  of 
the  first  Conference  of  the  Society  held  in  Niagara  Falls,  Janu- 
ary 8-9,  1908. 


SOCIETY  FOR  PROMOTION  OF  SOCIAL  SERVICE  5 

The  Foreign   Worker  and  His  Needs 

PETER   ROBERTS,    PH   D 

The  foreigri-born  in  the  country  today  number  between 
sixteen  and  seventeen  millions,  or  from  18  to  20  per  cent 
of  the  total  population.  Of  these,  thirteen  millions  were  born  in 
countries  where  the  English  language  is  not  spoken.  Fully  half 
of  these  are  males  of  voting  age  and  almost  all  of  them  are  em- 
ployed in  industries  requiring  manual  labor. 

All  non-English-speaking  peoples,  however,  are  not  equal 
in  intellectual  power,  previous  training,  and  industrial  efficiency, 
but  all,  soon  after  landing,  are  conscious  that  in  this  land  of 
opportunity,  intellect  is  power,  discipline  is  condemnation,  and 
wages  are  the  measure  of  a  man's  worth. 

I.  THE  SQUARE  DEAL 

How  can  the  Association  help  the  man  coming  into  a  foreign 
country  and  anxious  to  improve  his  lot  ?  Give  him  a  square  deal. 
He  deserves  it  and  will  appreciate  it.  If  he  does  not  get  it, 
he  will  not  forget — the  foreigner  has  a  good  memory.  Leave 
this  man  to  the  conscienceless  and  pitiless  greed  of  sharps  in 
commerce  and  crooks  in  industries,  and  the  seeds  of  strife  and 
revenge  are  sown. 

If  he  pays  for  a  first-class  seat,  do  not  huddle  him  into  a  bag- 
gage car.  If  the  American  pays  5c  for  a  ride,  do  not  charge 
him  50c.  If  he  does  the  work  that  is  worth  $1.50  a  day  it  is  un- 
democratic to  pay  $1.25.  He  should  not  spend  his  first  nights 
in  a  car,  depot,  or  mine  breach. 

The  "American  Brotherhood"  stands  for  the  square  deal. 
Its  aim  is  to  enlist  a  million  men  having  debts  of  kindness  to 
pay,  and  convinced  that  justice  and  peace  are  cardinal  virtues 
in  this  land. 

II.  SHELTERING  HOUSES  FOR   IMMIGRANTS 

Thousands  come  to  our  country  as  sheep  without  a  shepherd. 
Is  it  surprising  that  the  wolves  catch  them?  These  people  want 
lodging  and  meals  at  reasonable  rates  without  creeping  discom- 
fort while  waiting  for  word  from  friends.  They  want  in  New 
York  City  a  house  of  all  nations,  thoroughly  sanitary,  with  simple 


6  SOCIETY  FOR  PROMOTION  OF  SOCIAL  SERVICE 

equipment,  and  so  managed  that  the  stamp  of  the  dollar  will  not 
be  uppermost.  Such  an  exhibition  of  practical  religion,  in  sight 
of  the  port  where  80  per  cent  of  the  immigrants  land,  would, 
each  year,  shatter  the  insidious  idea  dormant  in  the  minds  of 
thousands  of  immigrants  that  there  are  more  crooks  than  saints 
in  the  ports  of  landing  in  America. 

Immigrant  houses  should  also  be  built  at  distributing  points 
inland  from  which  thousands  scatter  to  the  surrounding  country 
or  find  employment  in  the  city.  While  the  need  for  this  social 
service  has  been  seen  by  many  leaders  in  Association  work,  the 
Young  Women's  Christian  Association  is  moving  more  rapidly 
than  are  we  to  meet  those  needs. 

Until  such  houses  are  built  some  immigrants  will  visit  As- 
sociation buildings.  But  the  servants  of  Mammon  and  Bachus 
go  to  them,  meet  the  boats  and  trains,  and  by  their  cunning  catch 
these  gullible  men.  It  is  there  the  agents  of  justice  and  mercy 
should  be.  Christian  service  of  the  highest  form  is  to  save 
foreigners  from  the  clutch  of  these  heartless  city  vampires.  It 
can  only  be  rendered  by  men  of  Christian  character. 

III.      INDUSTRIAL  NEED 

The  prime  need  of  these  men  is  a  knowledge  of  the  English 
language.  Not  all  of  them  feel  the  need  of  it,  and  some  of 
them  aspire  to  nothing  higher  than  the  commonest  labor  and 
lowest  living  conditions.  Among  all  peoples  are  those  of  stolid 
lives,  having  few  wants  and  no  prospects.  Most  foreigners,  how- 
ever, know  the  commercial  value  of  the  English  language  and 
are  anxious  to  learn  it.  Those  having  command  of  English  are 
favorites  of  foremen  and  obtain  higher  wages  under  more  favor- 
able industrial  conditions.  A  superintendent  of  a  steel  and  wire 
plant,  when  asked,  "have  you  any  foreigners  here"  replied,  "yes, 
but  they  all  speak  English ;  we  do  not  want  any  other  kind." 

The  brightest,  most  ambitious  foreigners,  desire  to  learn 
English.  These  leaders  among  their  own  countrymen  the  Asso- 
ciation should  instruct,  for  it  will  mean  an  advantageous  position 
secured  in  years  to  come. 

Many  Associations  are  doing  good  work.  Classes  in  the 
public  schools  are  possible  or  we  may  serve  other  agencies  inter- 
ested in  them. 


SOCIETY  FOR  PROMOTION  OF  SOCIAL  SERVICE  7 

IV.      SOCIAL  LIFE 

Housing  conditions  among  foreigners  in  industrial  centers 
are  shameful,  with  crowding  and  its  comcomitants  of  filth,  dis- 
ease, drunkenness  and  immorality.  All  rules  of  sanitation  and 
decency  are  broken,  and  huddled  together,  all  hope  of  purifying 
and  elevating  their  lives  is  nil. 

Their  ignorance  of  our  laws  causes  hundreds  of  them  to  be 
arrested  by  police  officers.  These  petty  vices  and  crimes  pass 
out  of  their  lives  as  soon  as  they  understand  our  country  and 
learn  something  of  its  language. 

They  are  also  employed  under  wholly  new  conditions,  under 
pressure  greater  than  in  the  fatherland.  Their  physical  strength 
breaks  down,  and  they  prop  it  with  stimulants,  hence  the  large 
num.ber  of  saloons  among  them,  reacting  upon  the  home  and 
bringing  high  infant  mortality. 

Christian  service  by  the  Association  can  be  rendered  along 
the  lines  above  suggested.  We  can  teach  them  the  danger  of 
stimulants,  a  better  understanding  of  city  ordinances,  and  can 
work  for  a  better  environment. 

t.      BELId^IOUS  LIFE 

Americans  do  not  all  agree  as  to  the  drapery  of  religion, 
but  we  all  agree  upon  the  essentials  of  religious  life.  The 
foreigner  is  religious.  He  may  be  said  to  be  too  religious.  In 
the  lives  of  many  of  them  much  superstition  prevails.  In  many 
communities  the  evil  eye,  the  Egyptian  secret,  the  sorcerer's 
power  and  the  witch's  curse  are  believed  in.  Ceremonies  and 
rites  are  performed,  which  an  intelligent  conception  of  the  Chris- 
tian religion,  be  it  Catholic  or  Protestant,  must  condemn.  The 
task  of  aiding  these  people  to  a  better  conception  of  Christian 
manhood  and  womanhood  requires  judgment  and  discretion. 
Proselyting  has  not  been  in  the  program  of  the  Association  at 
any  time  and  will  not  be  in  its  activity  among  the  foreigners. 
Our  aim  is  to  make  better  men  and  thus  secure  better  workmen 
and  better  fathers.  If  we  succeed  in  this,  the  church  of  God,  both 
Catholic  and  Protestant,  will  be  aided. 


8  SOCIETY  FOR  PROMOTION  OF  SOCIAL  SERVICE 

"What   are   the    Opportunities    and   What 

the  Limitations  of  Social  Effort  in 

the   Association?" 

CHARLES    R    TOWSON 

The  Association  embodies  a  very  large  element  of  social 
service  in  its  very  nature,  and  its  work  has  been  a  concrete 
expression  of  social  service  in  some  of  its  most  effective  forms. 

The  present  policy  of  the  Association  movement  seems  to 
contemplate  a  continuance  of  the  Associational  method  of  dem- 
onstration as  distinguished  from  discussion  and  "sociological 
investigation,"  while  using  both  more  largely. 

This  is  illustrated  in  the  plans  of  the  Industrial  Department 
of  the  International  Committee,  especially  in  that  enlargement  of 
the  scope  of  its  work  necessary  to  include  in  its  field  practical 
service  to  industrial  workers. 

This  in  turn  is  illustrated  by  the  emphasis  with  which  the 
call  is  made  upon  the  departments  of  the  Association  to  project 
their  efforts  farther  into  this  field ;  for  example,  while  the  Relig- 
ious Work  and  Educational  Departments  are  doing  much  along 
such  lines  as  shop  meetings,  technical  training,  etc.,  the  Physical 
Department  has  the  opportunity  to  bring  its  scientific  ability  and 
'eadership  to  bear  to  secure  for  the  Industrial  worker : 

1  In  his  occupational  life 

a  The  maximum  of  personal  safety 

b  The  maximum  of  personal  comfort 

c  The  minimum  of  wear  and  tear,  or  strain 

2  In  his  home  life 

a  Better  standards  in  expenditure 

b  Better  standards  in  health 

c  Better  standards  in  housing  conditions 

3  In  his  recreational  life 

That  relaxation  from  either  the  strain  or  the  monotony 

of  modern  industry  which  will  give  recreation  instead 

of  dissipation 

This  means  a  discovery  and  use  of  new  methods  of  service 

on  a  larger  scale,  just  as  the  Association  has  in  the  past  discov- 


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ered  and  used  methods  for  the  development  of  the  individual  and 
for  the  improvement  of  society  as  well. 

The  limitations  to  the  social  service  work  of  the  Association 
are  determined  by  recognition  of  the  principles  of  the  Association 
and  the  power  of  its  leadership. 

The  principles 

1  That  we  have  a  responsibility  for  the  welfare  of  the 

men  and  boys  of  the  whole  community;  and, 

2  That  this  welfare  regards  the  "whole  man" 
The  powers  of  its  leadership 

1  To  zvant  to  serve  men 

2  To  discover  actual  conditions  which  reveal  the  needs 

of  men 


10  SOCIETY  FOR  PROMOTION  OF  SOCIAL  SERVICE 

Thrift  and  Mutual  Benefit  Facilities  in 
the    Young    Men's    Christian    Association 

ALLEN  T  BURNS 

This  paper  is  based  upon  answers  to  a  questionaire  sent  in 
March,  1907,  to  members  of  the  Society  for  the  Promotion  of 
Social  Service. 

The  questions  related  to  four  subjects,  viz : 

(1)  What  are  Associations  now  doing  and  with  what  effect; 
(2)  Suggestions  as  to  what  Associations  might  do;  (3)  Mem- 
bership problems  and  their  relation  to  the  suggested  action,  and 
(4)  Existing  thrift  and  mutual  benefit  facilities  outside  the 
Association. 

Eighty  replies  to  this  questionaire  were  received,  73  from 
local  Association  secretaries,  7  from  field  or  supervisory  secre- 
taries. These  answers  have  value  as  opinions  and  estimates, 
not  as  accurate  statistics.  Percentages  are  given  in  round  num- 
bers. In  one  instance  replies  were  received  from  two  secretaries 
in  the  same  Association,  giving  percentages,  which,  while  not 
absolutely  contradictory  as  to  the  general  situation,  were  far 
from  being  the  same. 

What  are  Associations  noiv  doing? 

Only  11  Associations  reported  thrift  or  benefit  facilities;  10 
of  these  are  acting  as  agencies  for  local  savings  banks.  The 
method  of  all  is  practically  the  same,  as  follows : 

Members  deposit  their  money  at  the  Association  office ;  the 
Association  issues  to  such  members  "bank  books"  which  serve 
as  the  Association's  receipts  to  the  depositors.  The  Association 
in  turn  deposits  these  funds  with  a  local  bank  in  the  names  of 
its  members.  The  bank  issues  its  own  deposit  books  in  the  names 
of  the  respective  members ;  the  Association,  however,  keeps  each 
bank  book  proper  in  its  possession  so  long  as  the  respective  mem- 
ber retains  the  book  issued  by  the  Association.  The  depositors 
can  also  withdraw  money  at  the  Association  office  merely  by 
making  savings  bank  checks  payable  to  the  Association  and  pre- 
senting  their  books  for  the  proper  debit  entries.  The  Associa- 
tion reimburses  itself  by  cashing  in  the  checks  at  the  bank. 
Interest  is  credited  by  the  bank  to  the  depositors  and  entered 


SOCIETY  FOR  PROMOTION  OF  SOCIAL  SERVICE  11 

on  the  books  issued  by  the  bank  exactly  as  though  the  Associ- 
ation were  not  the  intermediary.  The  Association  in  turn  enters 
these  interest  credits  on  the  books  issued  by  itself.  Any  depos- 
itor may  begin  to  deal  directly  with  the  bank  by  giving  up  the 
Association  book  and  receiving  in  return  the  bank  book  proper. 
The  Association  thus  helps  a  man  to  save  so  long  as  it  is  a  more 
convenient  depository  than  the  bank  itself. 

A  Building  and  Loan  Society  conducted  by  the  Toledo  Asso- 
ciation is  the  only  other  thrift  facility.  This  Society  corresponds 
closely  to  others  of  similar  name  in  varieties  of  stock,  methods 
of  payments,  withdrawals  and  loans,  and  safeguards  as  to  Direc- 
tors, meetings,  quorums,  bonds,  etc.  In  addition,  there  are  sev- 
eral unusual  features.  All  members  must  be  members  of  the 
Association  or  have  secured  their  stock  from  present  or  past 
members.  The  Board  of  Directors  is  chosen  from  the  Associa- 
tion's Board  of  Trustees,  who  audit  all  accounts  and  act  in  an 
advisory  capacity.  Investments  may  be  made  by  like  societies, 
though  the  intention  is  to  loan  to  the  Association  against  mort- 
gage on  the  new  building.  For  this  loan  the  Association  pays 
the  same  interest  as  it  would  pay  for  a  loan  elsewhere  secured  by 
mortgage.  The  shareholders  receive  their  pro  rata  share  of  the 
profit.  If  a  member  prefers  to  apply  his  profits  toward  the  pay- 
ment of  his  Association  membership,  the  Association  will  then 
guarantee  him  a  profit  of  6  per  cent.  The  result  of  the  plan 
is  that  interest  on  the  building  mortgage  pays  membership  fees 
instead  of  membership  fees  being  used  to  pay  interest  on  the 
mortgage.  At  the  same  time  the  members  are  coming  to  have 
a  part  in  the  ownership  of  the  building  and  are  given  an  induce- 
ment for  more  permanent  membership. 

A  third  form  of  thrift  and  benefit  facility  in  the  Association 
is  the  Secretaries'  Insurance  Alliance.  About  1,000  members  are 
assessed  $2.10  on  the  death  of  one  of  their  number.  These 
assessments  amount  yearly  to  from  $8.00  to  $10.00.  As  only  10 
cents  of  each  payment  goes  to  administrative  expense,  the  bene- 
fits generally  paid  and  to  be  expected  are  about  $2,000. 

RESULTS 

(1)  The  agencies  for  savings  banks  have  a  comparatively 
small  number  of  depositors,  only  one  Association  reporting  more 
than  100  depositors  or  more  than  $10,000  deposited — the  Brook- 


12  SOCIETY  FOR  PROMOTION  OF  SOCIAL  SERVICE 

lyn  Naval  Branch,  where  some  hundreds  of  thousands  of  dollars 
are  annually  deposited.  Their  unusual  success  is  due  to  the 
exceptional  character  of  the  employment  of  the  men  using  this 
Association. 

(2)  The  existence  of  savings  facilities  has  had  small  effect 
either  upon  holding  or  increasing  the  membership.  Only  under 
an  exceptional  situation  will  the  Savings  Bank  Agency  be  a 
largely  helpful  or  successful  activity  in  the  Young  Men's  Chris- 
tian Association. 

(3)  As  to  the  efficiency  of  the  Buildings  and  Savings  Society 
in  Toledo :  after  18  months  it  had  a  membership  of  four  hun- 
dred stockholders,  nearly  $13,000  in  deposits,  increasing  at  the 
rate  of  about  $1,000  a  month.  Its  effect  has  been  to  tie  members 
up  to  the  Association  for  a  period  of  from  two  to  five  years,  and 
it  encourages  habits  of  thrift  through  the  saving  of  money.  It 
has  increased  the  permanent  membership  20  per  cent  and  one- 
half  of  the  depositors  were  formerly  using  no  form  of  savings 
facilities. 

(4)  The  Secretaries'  Insurance  Alliance  has  (a)  rendered 
aid  to  families  of  deceased  members,  (b)  furnished  insurance  at 
as  low  rate  as  any  in  existence;  and  (c)  has  promoted  brother- 
hood, increasing  the  fraternal  spirit  among  secretaries.  This 
by-product  of  strengthened  fraternity  indicates  ivhal  zvoidd  he 
possible  among  the  rank  and  Me  of  the  Association  membership 
if  some  equally  effective  form  of  mutual  benefit  should  be  pro- 
vided. 

WHAT  THE  ASSOCIATIONS  MIGHT  DO 

To  the  question  "Would  you  favor  the  inauguration  of  a 
movement  among  the  Associations  of  the  country  to  found  sav- 
ings or  mutual  benefit  societies,"  fifty-nine  answered  in  the  affirm- 
ative ;  only  five  in  the  negative,  while  sixteen  expressed  no  opin- 
ion. "What  form  should  such  a  society  take?"  Sixty-nine 
answered,  some  suggesting  more  than  one  form.  Thirty-one 
gave  answers  which  showed  that  there  were  no  definite  forms  in 
mind.  The  Savings  Bank  Agency  was  recommended  by  twenty- 
four;  twenty-one  favored  some  form  of  sick,  accident  and  death 
benefit;  and  eight  urged  the  establishment  of  Building  and  Loan 
Societies.    • 

Some  of  these  answers  were :       "Yes,  judging  from  the 


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operation  of  other  organizations  and  the  occasional  statements 
of  our  own  members."  "Not  infrequently  men  have  chosen  be- 
tween the  Association  and  some  fraternal  order  because  they 
felt  they  could  not  afford  the  Association  as  it  furnished  no  pro- 
tection.      Especially  is  this  true  of  married  men." 

"The  social  idea  of  fellowship  and  brotherly  aid  in  affliction 
are  the  strongest  factors  in  holding  men  in  other  Associations. 
For  members  away  from  home  sick  benefit  features  should  be 
offered  as  well  as  a  savings  plan." 

"Our  Society  could  do  no  greater  work  than  to  foster  this 
movement  and  see  it  through  successfully." 

VALVE  OF  THESE  SUGGESTIONS 

(a)  Regarding  savings  bank  agencies,  the  Association  as  a 
savings  depository  has  no  practical  effect  in  holding  or  increas- 
ing the  membership.  The  same  amount  of  energy  as  is  expended 
in  this  work  would  probably  be  more  effective  if  devoted  to  per- 
suade men  to  make  use  of  outside  savings  facilities 

(b)  Building  and  Loan  Societies  promote  thrift  and  savings 
through  a  feeling  of  greater  security  because  of  co-operative  man- 
agement, through  hope  of  greater  returns  on  money  and  through 
creation  of  greater  credit  at  easier  terms  and  through  a  system  of 
compulsory  saving  at  the  same  time  that  members  are  in  debt  be- 
cause of  loans  made  from  the  society.  There  were  5,350  of 
these  organizations  in  the  United  States  in  1903,  their  assets 
amounting  to  $600,000,000. 

The  achievements  of  Building  and  Loan  Societies  have 
pointed  out  how  other  organizations  may  successfully  serve  the 
economic  needs  of  their  members.  Has  the  Young  Men's  Chris- 
tian Association  such  a  duty  toward  the  economic  conditions  and 
habits  of  its  members?  The  organization's  fundamental  prin- 
ciple is  a  mission  to  the  whole  man.  It  exerts  an  immediate  in- 
fluence over  men's  social,  intellectual,  physical  and  spiritual  life. 
But  one  more  important  and  primary  sphere  of  life  has  been 
omitted.  A  man's  financial  activities  and  habits  are  largely  de- 
terminative of  all  his  other  conduct.  No  man  is  saved  until  he 
is  financially  Christianized. 

Examples  are  numerous  of  professed  Christians  who  are 
weak,  flabby,  and  unreliable  in  their  financial  obligations.  Many 
store-keepers  say  that  ministers'  accounts  are  less  reliable  and 


14  SOCIETY  FOR  PROMOTION  OF  SOCIAL  SERVICE 

harder  to  collect  than  those  of  any  other  customers.  An  Associ- 
ation secretary  praised  for  his  evangelistic  effort  was  securing 
and  using  subscriptions  to  make  up  deficits  in  his  personal  ac- 
counts. 

Control  of  money  is  nearly  coincident  with  control  of  other 
lines  of  conduct.  It  is  not  the  man  who  saves  who  spends  his 
money  in  riotous  living. 

"The  beginning  of  a  deposit,  however  small,  in  a  savings 
bank,  may  be  regarded  as  the  crisis  of  many  a  moral  destiny." 
Tt  is  the  Association's  duty  to  deal  with  the  economic  needs  of 
its  members. 

Building  and  Loan  Associations  seem  to  have  reached  their 
climax  of  success  and  growth  as  business  enterprises.  Most  of 
the  management  is  gratuitous.  In  the  years  1897  to  1903  they 
decreased  both  in  numbers  and  assets.  American  city  life  with 
its  shifting  population  is  not  favorable  to  an  indefinite  growth 
of  these  thrift  facilities.  Business  men  grow  tired  of  giving 
gratuitous  service. 

The  Association  is  in  a  position  to  revive  or  extend  this 
most  helpful  form  of  thrift  facility,  only  on  condition  that  in  its 
membership  are  men  who  believe  that  Christian  service  should 
.be  extended  into  the  economic  field,  who  feel  it  a  duty  to  help 
young  men  save  and  who  are  capable  of  conducting  a  Building 
and  Loan  Association  on  right  principles.  When  these  conditions 
have  been  met,  state  laws  and  the  history  of  such  organizations 
must  be  studied.  Useful  references  are  Bulletin  of  the  Bureau 
of  Labor  No.  55,  November,  1904,  Dexter  on  Building  and  Loan 
Associations  and  the  publications  of  the  Toledo  Association's 
Society. 

From  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association's  point  of 
view  all  the  advantages  of  the  Building  and  Loan  Association 
with  the  addition  of  more  fraternal  action  are  combined  in  the 
Sick,  Accident  and  Death  Benefit  Society,  a  suggested  plan  of 
which  has  been  prepared  by  the  Cleveland  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce (can  be  obtained  by  writing).  While  this  plan  was  not 
intended  primarily  for  Associations  it  is  as  applicable  t|iere  as 
anywhere.  The  plan  is  the  condensation  of  the  experience  of 
many  such  societies,  and  has  been  recommended  by  the  Illinois 
Industrial  Insurance  Commissior 


SOCIETY  FOR  PROMOTION  OF  SOCIAL  SERVICE  15 

The  plan  is  based  on  experience  of  many  such  societies. 
Each  member  pays  monthly  dues  of  fifty  cents.  In  case  of  sick- 
ness or  accident,  a  benefit  of  one  dollar  per  day  is  paid  for  thir- 
teen consecutive  weeks.  Within  a  given  year  a  member  may 
receive  benefits  for  a  total  of  eighteen  weeks'  disability.  Exten- 
sions of  these  benefits  are  possible  by  a  vote  of  the  member- 
ship. Seventy-five  dollars  is  paid  toward  funeral  expenses  of 
any  deceased  member.  Special  assessments  may  be  levied  on 
vote  of  the  directors.  Visiting  committees  call  upon  the  sick 
and  determine  a  member's  right  to  benefits. 

This  plan  has  been  tested  in  hundreds  of  shops,  churches, 
unions,  lodges  and  found  financially  sound  and  practicable.  The 
dues  are  fixed  to  cover  only  current  liabilities  and  risks.  The 
fundamental  principle  is  pay  as  you  go.  A  member  gets  each 
month  what  he  pays  for,  viz :  protection.  There  is  no  cumula- 
tive interest  or  right  in  the  funds.  The  plan  therefore  is  suited 
to  a  shifting  and  changing  membership,  and  has  no  need  of 
organization  other  than  local. 

The  benefit  society  teaches  men  to  save,  it  appeals  to  the 
more  poorly  paid  men  as  insurance.  It  is  used  successfully  by 
other  organizations,  and  social  workers  everywhere  are  urging 
its  adoption.  Germany  was  able  to  make  such  societies  the  basis 
of  its  great  compulsory  insurance  system,  the  greatest  economic 
protection  of  working  men  ever  established. 

More  important  even  than  economic  benefits  is  it  that  they 
promote  brotherhood  through  the  joy  of  mutual  helpfulness. 
Members  of  the  Secretaries'  Insurance  Alliance  appreciate  this 
point.  Why  not  extend  the  same  profitable  experience  to  the 
rank  and  file  of  the  Association?  Again  the  Benefit  Society 
necessitates  sympathy  and  knowledge  and  visitation  of  the  sick. 
Christly  action  needs  emphasis  as  well  as  the  teaching  of  Christ- 
liness. 

Would  the  Mutual  Benefit  Society  increase  or  hold  for  a 
longer  period  the  membership?  Sixty  per  cent  of  the  Associa- 
tions lose  one-third  or  more  of  their  members  each  year;  85 
per  cent  lose  from  one-quarter  to  one-third  each  year.  It  is  not 
an  important  question  as  to  whether  the  Mutual  Benefit  Society 
would  solve  this  problem.  The  m.embership  question  needs  more 
often  to  be  forgotten  in  order  that  more  thought  and  effort  may 


16  SOCIETY  FOR  PROMOTION  OF  SOCIAL  SERVICE 

be  given  to  serve  men.     Service  must  be  made  first  and  success 
that  is  desirable  will  follow. 

The  Mutual  Benefit  Society  with  a  substantial  payment  upon 
death,  for  example  $1,000,  would  provide  real  insurance,  such 
as  the  Secretaries'  Alliance.  Successful  operation  of  such  a 
society  requires  a  large  membership  before  substantial  benefits 
can  be  paid,  a  national  organization  and  general  recognition  that 
the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  finds  it  a  duty.  Such 
general  recognition  is  for  the  present  impossible,  though  exten- 
sion of  benefits  of  the  Secretaries'  Insurance  Alliance  is  practica- 
ble with  a  slight  modification  of  the  existing  organization. 

CONCLUSIONS 

National  or  Local  Life  Insurance  Societies  are  not  practicable 
at  present. 

Savings  Bank  Agencies  are  worth  while  only  in  exceptional 
situations. 

Building  and  Loan  Associations  are  more  generally  prac- 
ticable and  the  best  thrift  facility  toward  which  to  work. 

The  Sick,  Accident  and  Death  Benefit  Society  combines 
practicability,  extension  of  Association  service  among  wage  earn- 
ers and  married  men,  promotion  of  thrift  and  creation  of  a  fra- 
ternal spirit.  Later  this  thrift  facility  could  easily  be  merged  or 
grow  into  a  Building  and  Loan  Association. 


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The  Relation  of  the  Young  Men's 
Christian  Association  to  Public  Recreation 

GEORGE  J   FISHER,   M  D,   NEW  YORK 

Public  recreation  relates  itself  vitally  to  the  development  of 
physical  vitality,  to  the  causation  of  primitive  joy  and  happiness, 
to  the  promotion  of  industrial  efficiency,  to  the  furtherance  of 
communal  morality  and  to  the  arousing  of  the  social  conscious- 
ness. 
THE  DENATURED  CITY 

The  promotion  and  regulation  of  public  amusements  are 
made  imperative  by  those  great  changes  wrought  in  community 
life  which  have  resulted  in  the  modern  denatured  city.  Abnormal 
physical  development  accompanies  industrialism.  City  life  com- 
pels the  mixed  and  huddled  races  of  newcomers  to  drop  their 
racial  games  and  amusements.  The  city  man's  chief  business  is 
not  to  conquer  his  environment  as  it  is  the  country  man's,  but  to 
subordinate  himself  to  it,  a  process  alike  weakening  to  healthy 
motives  and  encouraging  the  counterfeits  of  immorality  and 
intemperance. 

AMUSEMENTS 

The  de-energized  man  of  the  city,  accustomed  to  monot- 
onous and  routine  work,  demands  that  he  feel  intensely.  The 
safety  valve  of  such  feeling  is  the  stimulation  of  his  ideals.  But 
instead  amusements  lurid  and  often  vicious  in  their  influence  are 
the  only  means  of  satisfying  the  craving  to  be  amused.  As  Dr 
Patten  declares,  "Vice  mAist  be  fought  by  welfare,  not  by  restraint, 
and  society  is  not  safe  until  its  pleasures  are  stronger  than  its 
temptations.  Amusement  is  stronger  than  vice  and  can  stifle 
the  lust  of  it." 

A  questionaire  sent  to  twenty  Associations  concerning  mov- 
ing picture  theatres  revealed  the  following :  They  are  generously 
patronized  by  all  classes  and  are  most  of  them  in  poorly  ven- 
tilated halls.  Their  advertising  bids  for  the  patronage  of  women 
and  children,  but  too  frequently  pictures  suggestive  in  character 
are  shown.  Scenes  unreal  in  life  are  portrayed,  inculcating  false 
ideas  of  honor  and  heroism.  A  censorship  of  the  films  used  in 
moving  picture  shows  should  be  insisted  upon.     Some  Associa- 


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tion  men  believe  they  could  conduct  good  picture  shows  with 
educational  and  cultural  results.  A  two  weeks'  experiment  at 
Hull  House  leads  Miss  Jane  Addams  to  predict  that  moving  pic- 
tures will  not  always  be  associated  in  the  public  mind  with  the 
lurid  and  unreal  but  will  be  utilized  in  the  future  as  the  stere- 
opticon  is  at  present.  Some  Associations  have  already  used  mov- 
ing pictures,  but  more  as  a  fad  than  for  real  culture. 

THE  CHANGED  EMPHASIS  OF  PHYSICAL  TRAINING 

Physical  training  is  changing  its  emphasis  from  exercise  to 
personal  hygiene,  from  getting  men  into  a  gymnasium  to  teach- 
ing men  how  to  live  with  reference  to  fresh  air,  sunlight,  sleep 
and  rest,  diet  and  exercise.  We  have  not  emphasized  enough 
the  importance  of  exercise  in  the  open  air.  Our  gymnasiums  and 
bath  rooms  must  be  taken  out  of  basements.  The  walls  of  exer- 
cise rooms  should  have  great  windows  swinging  outward,  prac- 
tically converting  them  into  open  air  gymnasia.  The  roofs  of 
Association  buildings  should  be  flat  so  that  like  public  school 
buildings  in  congested  districts  of  New  York,  they  may  be  used 
for  outdoor  exercise  and  games.  A  renaissance  is  at  hand  also 
with  reference  to  athletic  parks.  A  weakness  in  Association  and 
college  athletics  in  the  past  has  been  its  extreme  competitive  type. 
This  has  made  the  legislative  side  of  athletics  prominent,  encour- 
aging the  participation  by  the  few  rather  than  by  the  many. 

EXTENSION 

The  extension  of  informal  play  among  men  in  shops  and 
factories  and  among  boys  and  young  men  in  rural  districts  is  an 
important  new  Association  endeavor.  The  Association  should 
see  to  it  that  every  boy  and  young  man  in  its  community  has  an 
opportunity  to  engage  in  healthful,  social  play.  Physical  exer- 
cise in  the  future  will  be  prescribed  largely  by  means  of  scientific 
play  graded  according  to  physiological  value  and  classified  with 
reference  to  phyletic  and  psychic  content  and  mental  stimulus. 
The  object  will  be  less  muscle  training  than  muscle  making,  not 
so  much  the  development  of  muscle  per  se  as  the  co-ordination  of 
muscles. 

MORAL  VALUE  OF  PLAY 

Inadequate  provision  for  healthful  play  is  the  great  menace 
of  city  youth.     The  playground  is  a  moral  agent.     Vicious  boys 


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in  New  York  are  in  the  sections  without  play  space.  After 
twenty  years'  experience  the  conclusion  reached  in  London  is 
that  juvenile  control  is  largely  a  matter  of  athletics.  The  lack 
of  play  opportunities  has  also  a  direct  relation  to  juvenile  delin- 
quents who  are  a  class  of  physically  sub-normal.  Joseph  Lee  has 
well  said,  "The  boy  without  a  playground  is  father  to  the  man 
without  a  job,  and  the  boy  with  a  bad  playground  is  father  to  the 
man  with  a  job  that  had  better  never  existed." 

MUNICIPAL  PLAYGROUNDS 

Play  must  be  made  general  and  therefore  stimulated  and 
provided  on  a  much  larger  scale  than  possible  by  Associations 
individually.  Public  playgrounds  must  therefore  be  provided  by 
the  municipality,  and  the  Association  can  perform  valuable  public 
service  in  making  sentiment  for  and  in  organizing  community 
force  to  this  end.  Comparatively  few  American  cities  have  public 
playgrounds — less  than  100 — and  not  half  of  these  are  supported 
by  the  municipality.  Compared  with  the  cost  of  other  public 
utilities,  they  are  not  expensive,  but  private  initiative  in  almost 
every  instance  inaugurated  the  work  before  it  became  a  public 
enterprise. 

PLAYGROUND  EQUIPMENT 

The  simplest  form  of  playground  is  the  sand  pile,  with  a  box 
ten  feet  square,  and  having  a  folding  cover.  A  trained  kinder- 
gartner  should  supplement  the  sand  box  play  with  songs  and 
games.  In  Boston,  wagons  are  furnished  in  addition.  There 
should  be  shade  trees,  near-by  seats  for  the  little  mothers,  and 
swings.  The  privilege  of  playing  on  the  grass  in  certain  parts  of 
the  public  parks  enlarges  the  play  space. 

A  public  playground  fully  equipped  consists  of  the  open-air 
gymnasium,  with  its  steel  frame  on  which  ladders,  horizontal 
bars,  rings,  etc.,  are  hung,  and  an  open  space  for  games,  some- 
times including  a  running  track.  The  Chicago  plan,  the  most 
complete  in  America,  includes  a  wading  pool,  swimming  bath 
and  club  house.  Another  type  is  the  large  area  ground,  including 
baseball  diamonds,  tennis  courts,  etc. 

OTHER  RESOURCES 

The  school  yard  should  be  open  the  year  round  for  play, 
public  baths  should  be  operated  in  all  public  schools,  and  roofs 


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must  be  utilized  more  and  more  for  play.  The  seven  recreation 
piers  in  New  York,  each  in  charge  of  16  to  25  attendants,  are 
equipped  with  settees  and  lunch  stands.  The  longest  pier  has 
an  attendance  of  from  500  to  2,000  in  the  afternoons,  and  3,000 
to  7,000  in  the  evenings.     Music  is  furnished  in  the  evenings. 

PROMOTION  OF  MUNICIPAL  PLAYGROUNDS 

Two  principles  are  fundamental  in  playground  promotion ; — 
first,  however  well  equipped,  it  cannot  succeed  without  adequate 
supervision;  and  second,  under  whatever  auspices  inaugurated, 
the  definite  goal  should  be  its  support  by  the  municipality. 

How  can  the  Association  proceed  to  promote  public  play- 
grounds ? 

Four  Methods: 

(1)  After  securing  a  loan  of  suitable  grounds,  at  least  $250 
can  be  raised  by  subscription.  The  physical  director  with  his 
leaders  can  conduct  the  work,  prove  its  value,  and  thus  create 
sentiment  which  will  bring  more  complete  equipment.  This  plan 
used  at  Scranton,  Pa.,  resulted  in  the  promise  of  five  playgrounds 
next  summer  with  municipal  support. 

(2)  Co-ordinate  various  philanthropic  clubs  in  a  united  cam- 
paign for  playgrounds.     Examples,  Cincinnati  and  Columbus. 

(3)  Through  a  playground  dinner  of  prominent  citizens 
present  the  needs  and  the  method.  This  can  be  followed  by 
newspaper  work  and  frequently  be  a  concrete  demonstration. 

(4)  Appeal  directly  to  the  public  boards.  The  park  board 
can  provide  the  largest  plots  of  ground,  and  the  board  of  educa- 
tion competent  supervision. 

Probably  the  largest  service  the  Association  is  in  position  to 
render  is  in  Christian  supervision — making  playgrounds  effective 
in  developing  character  and  manhood.  Merit  and  not  influence 
must  determine  the  appointment  of  playground  directors  and 
trained  men  must  be  insisted  upon. 

GYMNASTIC  DANCING 

Gymnastic  dancing  is  not  the  dancing  of  the  ball  room,  but 
is  a  rhythmic  exercise  with  source  in  the  tribal  religious  dances, 
festival  and  folk  dances  of  such  nations  as  Sweden,  Hungary, 
Russia  and  Spain.     More  than  mere  dance  steps,  they  call  into 


SOCIETY  FOR  PROMOTION  OF  SOCIAL  SERVICE  21 

play  the  whole  body.  They  add  a  charm  to  exercise  that  the  As- 
sociation cannot  afford  to  lose  through  the  fanatical  position  of 
opposition  to  dancing  in  every  form. 

The  use  of  folk  dances  with  our  immigrant  neighbors  will 
provide  splendid  means  of  approach. 

PLAY  IN  RURAL  DISTRICTS 

What  rural  districts  need  is  not  so  much  formal  gymnastics 
as  social  play,  promoting  community  spirit.  The  play  picnics 
held  in  Far  Hills,  N  Y,  by  the  State  Normal  School  combined 
exercise  with  instruction  in  personal  and  domestic  hygiene,  much 
needed  in  county  towns. 

PLAY  AMONG  INDUSTRIAL   WORKERS 

The  great  need  of  industrial  workers  is  provision  for  their 
leisure  hours.  Twilight  athletic  leagues,  games  on  grounds  con- 
tiguous to  the  factory,  bowling  tournaments,  and  basket-ball 
leagues  are  some  of  the  practical  means  of  promoting  organic 
vigor  under  wise  guidance.  Moving  picture  shows,  folk  dances 
and  other  recreation  features  have  strong  appeal  for  industrial 
workers. 

CO-OPERATION  WITH  PUBLIC  SCHOOLS 

Through  co-operation  with  public  schools  the  Association 
may  reach  the  whole  community  of  school  age.  Many  physical 
directors  are  conducting  athletic  sports  on  a  large  scale  among 
public  school  children  primarily  as  a  stimulus  for  completely 
manned  physical  training  in  the  public  schools,  where  the  need 
of  such  training  is  imperative. 

The  Association's  service  to  the  community  is  far  greater  in 
inaugurating  a  well-directed  school  system  for  physical  training 
than  building  up  a  purely  Association  scheme  limited  to  the  mem- 
bership. Of  backward  children  in  New  York  90  to  100  per  cent 
were  found  physically  defective,  and  over  90  per  cent  of  the 
truants  showed  marked  physical  defects.  The  Association, 
through  permission  to  examine  public  school  children,  can  either 
shame  or  educate  the  city  into  doing  the  work  itself. 

SWIMMING 

Every  person  should  know  how  to  swim.  In  many  cities 
the  Association  has  the  only  swimming  pool,  which  presents  an 


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opportunity  for  whole  classes  from  the  public  schools  to  be 
taught  by  selected  volunteer  instructors.  Older  boys  can  be 
organized  into  volunteer  life-saving  corps.  The  problem  is  easy, 
the  equipment  is  available,  the  expense  nil. 

We  may  harness  up  the  great  membership  of  our  Associ- 
ations in  helpful  forms  of  social  service  which  will  make  con- 
ditions more  favorable  in  our  cities  for  the  promotion  of  the 
Kingdom  of  God. 


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Social  Service  an  Integral  Part  in  Christian 

Work 

R  R  PERKINS 

While  the  power  of  recognizing  present  conditions  is  an 
asset,  it  is  also  a  most  deceiving  liability.  It  links  us  too  closely 
to  things  as  they  are.  It  makes  incidental  forces  seem  funda- 
mental. Things  that  are  merely  habitual  it  calls  inevitable.  It 
makes  one  more  championistic  than  wise. 

For  some  time  social  service  has  been  claiming  special  atten- 
tion. It  has  appealed  mostly  as  a  practical  present  method  of 
extending  work.  Our  greatest  concern  has  been  the  selection  of 
those  forms  of  social  service  adapted  to  the  Young  Men's  Chris- 
tian Association  organization  as  it  stands.  We  have  looked  upon 
social  sei-vice  with  our  institutional  eyes.  To  a  belated  few  the 
handy  implements  of  social  service  have  been  a  Pandora's  box  of 
evils ;  to  others  a  useful  chest  of  tools.  But  social  service  is 
neither  new,  nor  external,  nor  does  it  consist  of  merely  mechanical 
equipment. 

Have  we  not  thought  more  of  what  we  could  use  of  social 
service  in  our  organization  than  of  what  religion  in  its  social 
expression  requires  should  be  done?  May  we  not  have  been 
unfair  to  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  in  overvaluing 
the  size  of  the  mold  in  which  we  are  at  present  cast?  The  largest 
question  we  can  ask  ourselves  is  not  how  progressive,  adaptable, 
strong  we  are,  but  how  much  this  world  of  men  needs  us  in 
places  where  none  have  been. 

Our  influence  is  so  small  because  instead  of  approaching 
rehgion  in  its  social  expression,  asking  for  the  inspiration  of  a 
way  of  life,  we  have  made  the  humiliating  mistake  of  merely 
looking  for  tools. 
I.     The  Essentially  Religious  Nature  of  Social  Service  \ 

(a)    Historically 

Hebrew  history  is  filled  with  examples  of  the  recuperative 
power  of  religion  in  times  of  national  moral  depression.  Israel's 
diseases  were  almost  without  exception  social  diseases,  and  it  was 
the  power  of  oppressed  people  pleading  a  righteous  cause  that 
found  voice  in  prophets'  protests. 

Isaiah  portrays  a  socially  corrupt  Zion,  a  j^^cUnf."  of  Jewish 


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social  wrongs  to  Jews :  "I  am  weary  of  bearing  sacrifices.  Your 
hands  are  full  of  blood.  Wash  you,  make  you  clean ;  put  away 
the  evil  of  your  doings  from  before  mine  eyes ;  cease  to  do  evil ; 
learn  to  do  well;  seek  justice;  relieve  the  oppressed;  judge  the 
fatherless ;  plead  for  the  widow." 

Amos  pictures  the  surprised  distress  of  him  who  left  the 
evils  of  oppression,  social  inequalities  and  dishonesties  to  be  ad- 
justed in  the  "sweet  by  and  by."  He  describes  men  "that 
drink  wine  in  bowls,  and  anoint  themselves  with  the  chief  oils ; 
but  they  are  not  grieved  for  the  affliction  of  Joseph." 

So  it  was  with  Micah,  Jeremiah,  Joel.  Israel  was  a  superb 
unit.  No  wonder  then  that  the  most  violent  sin  was  that  which 
even  hinted  disruption,  monopoly,  special  privilege,  manipulation 
for  the  few.  Its  problems  are  of  the  social  body.  The  cure  is 
religious. 

John  the  Baptist  preached  a  social  religion.  Simply  because 
he  was  strong,  the  soldier  must  not  extort  from  the  weak,  nor 
must  the  publican.  He  was  the  viper  who  retired  within  his 
personal  cloak  of  sonship  to  Abraham  and  did  as  he  pleased  in 
his  business  or  in  his  dribbling  alms. 

The  prophets  troubled  themselves  more  for  the  social  life 
and  problems  of  the  people  than  for  private  religion.  They  were 
champions  for  the  oppressed,  against  social  wrongs. 

Out  of  this  came  Jesus.  His  great  word  was  Love.  Love 
cannot  bear  injustice.  It  cannot  look  calmly  upon  scrambling 
for  position.  It  is  essentially  a  destroyer  of  caste  lines  and  dis- 
tinctions. Love  must  have  an  object,  therefore  is  fundamentally 
social.  It  serves  the  other  man.  It  denies  that  one  can  serve  God 
and  not  his  brother.  Love  carves  into  reHef  the  words  neighbor, 
brother,  charity,  justice,  kindness,  faith — all  words  with  no  con- 
tent if  not  a  social  one. 

Jesus  extolled  the  good  neighbor,  drew  a  confession  of 
wrong  doing  and  a  pledge  of  restoration  and  future  justice  from 
the  grafting  publican,  showed  that  "it  is  hard  to  get  riches  with 
justice,  to  keep  them  with  equality,  and  to  spend  them  with  love." 
His  healing  powers  were  at  the  call  of  all  the  really  distressed. 
He  knew  how  the  poor  widow  was  fleeced  in  the  courts  by  the 
lawyers.  He  knew  the  value  of  two  mites.  He  knew  the  exclu- 
siveness  of  the  rich  dining-room.     He  knew  how  many  would 


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never  be  blessed  by  having  enough  to  eat  or  to  possess  or  enjoy 
this  side  of  another  life.  He  knew  the  Pharisees  for  a  lot  of 
vain,  disdainful  peacocks.  He  knew  he  was  come  with  a  sword. 
He  called  to  his  side  the  needy,  the  oppressed.  But  he  declined 
to  let  those  follow  him  who  hoped  for  everlasting  free  bread. 
There  were  but  two  things  in  the  religion  of  Jesus,  namely,  in- 
dividual regeneration  and  social  regeneration;  love  God,  also 
one's  neighbor.  If  a  man  said  he  loved  God  and  was  unfair'  to 
his  neighbor,  he  was  a  liar.  Proof?  He  was  not  socially  what 
he  said  he  was  personally.  Thus  our  Christian  religion  is  essen- 
tially social  in  its  origin  and  in  its  supremest  representative. 

Professor  Walter  Rauschenbusch  in  "Christianity  and  the 
Social  Crisis,"  recalls  that  the  records  we  have  are  meager  on 
account  of  the  prevalent  beHef  that  all  was  soon  to  come  to  an 
end.  Therefore  why  write?  Furthermore,  who  dared  write  any 
radical,  political  or  social  ideas  under  the  Empire?  The  book 
of  James  is  an  unqualified  invective  against  the  rich  as  a  class. 
Probably  much  of  the  early  Jewish  Christian  writing  was  lost. 
The  great  development  of  Christian  organization  was  not  Jewish 
but  Greek  and  Roman  without  the  splendid  social  instincts  of 
Judaism.  It  was  not  democratic  but  imperialistic.  It  made  up 
the  canon  of  the  New  Testament,  rejecting  much  that  was 
Jewish  and  undoubtedly  strongly  Christian  and  social.  Thus 
early  set  in  a  deterrent  influence  to  the  social  nature  of  the 
Christian  religion. 

The  first  Christian  gatherings  of  the  primitive  church  were 
not  for  worship,  for  teaching  and  preaching,  but  "for  the  admin- 
istration of  the  common  life."  It  was  an  organized  religion  that 
appealed  to  the  distressed. 

It  was  a  democratic  religion.  It  found  a  large  place  for 
woman,  made  way  for  the  talents  of  the  lay  member  and  spread 
social  unrest.  Within  the  first  three  and  one  half  centuries 
Christianity  had  become  an  organized  social  protest  against 
social  wrongs. 

In  answer  to  the  question  "Wh}^  has  Christianity  never 
undertaken  the  work  of  social  reconstruction?"  Mr.  Rauschen- 
busch elaborated  what  we  may  catalogue : 

Christianity  came  into  an  inheritance  of  widespread  decay. 
The  task  at  first  v/as  superhuman. 


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Christianity  developed  an  "other  worldliness."  This  world 
was  too  unjust  to  waste  time  on. 

Its  Oriental  asceticism  attacked  marriage,  the  family,  prop- 
erty, the  great  social  attractions.  Almsgiving  was  a  personal 
method  of  penance  without  social  significance.  Gifts  were 
elicited,  but  pauperism,  a  social  evil,  was  not  helped.  Asceticism 
lifted  men  out  of  their  social  relations.  It  did  not  seek  to  make 
social  relations  normal. 

It  suffered  the  disease  of  monasticism.  The  best  life  went 
out  of  society  and  into  monasteries  when  society  desperately 
needed  it. 

The  parasitic  growth  of  ritualism  and  sacramentalism  was 
against  social  reconstruction.  So  also  of  "churchliness."  If  a 
man  helped  a  friend  in  need,  he  did  a  moral  act.  If  he  gave  to 
the  church,  he  did  a  religious  act.  Every  permanent  institution 
in  history  has  succumbed  to  a  like  temptation  to  become  an  end 
in  itself  rather  than  an  agent  for  accomplishing  the  purpose  for 
which  it  was  founded. 

Subservience  to  the  State,  the  loss  of  democracy  and  the  lack 
of  scientific  understanding  of  the  laws  of  social  development 
complete  a  catalogue  of  influences  which  have  kept  Christianity 
always  just  away  from  her  social  task. 

This  historical  view  was  sketched  with  these  objects:  (1)  To 
point  the  primary  fact  that  the  best  religion  ever  expressed  in 
this  world  has  expressed  itself  in  social  terms.  (2)  The  elements 
that  have  entered  into  the  history  of  Christianity  which  consumed 
her  force  and  harmed  her  usefulness  have  been  accidental  ele- 
ments. Religion  is  the  same  as  ever,  and,  as  ever,  clamorous  for 
social  expression. 

(3)  To  remind  ourselves  that  the  Young  Men's  Christian 
Association  is  young,  has  a  limited  experience,  organization  and 
method,  while  the  social  expression  of  religion  is  ages  old.  If 
religious  institutions  have  through  the  ages  failed  because  of 
the  distractions  of  organizations  or  self-placed  limitations  of 
thinking  and  acting,  are  we  justified  in  considering  ourselves 
immune  to  the  same  perils?  Can  we  afiford  to  say,  "So  much 
v/e  can  undertake  because  our  present  machinery  and  our  tra- 
ditions permit  us  to  do  so  much;  beyond  this  we  cannot  go?" 


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The  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  was  made  for  reHgion, 
not  religion  to  fit  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association. 

(b)   Psychologically — in  the  personal  life. 

Another  defense  for  social  service  than  that  found  in  the 
history  of  religion,  and  especially  as  found  in  Jesus'  life  and 
teaching  is  its  efifect  on  the  religious  life  of  the  individual. 

A  man  who  was  a  good  personal  worker,  had  helped  many 
men  to  Christian  "decision,"  after  going  through  two  campaigns 
for  a  "dry  district,"  said,  "I've  just  learned  for  the  first  time  what 
religion  means.  I  never  knew  how  weak  and  one-sided  the 
Church  was." 

A  loyal  church  layman  working  to  enforce  the  law  against 
certain  infamous  dens  of  vice,  said  in  confidence:  "You  know 
I  get  nearer  my  Lord  in  working  with  those  struggling  people 
down  there  than  I  ever  do  in  our  church  prayer  meeting." 

Social  service  means  today  the  effort  to  do  away  with  fun- 
damental social  wrongs  in  a  wholesale  fashion.  We  have  need 
of  many  men  whom  one  day  of  actual  social  service  has  made 
ready  for  much  service ;  of  a  few  men  to  learn  what  50  centuries 
of  social  service  can  teach  a  rapidly  changing,  adaptable,  60-year- 
old  institution.  The  only  real  thing  to  fear  is  that  we  try  too 
little. 

II.     What  Religion  Has  to  Say  on  Some  Fundamental  Questions  of 
Social  Service 

Granted  that  both  historically  and  psychologically  social 
service  is  an  expression  of  religion,  religion  is  the  greater  thing. 
Grasping  this  fact  the  social  worker  will  have  his  standard  by 
which  to  measure  his  methods  and  to  answer  questions  of  detail 
that  social  service  has  to  ask.  Better  than  considering  whether 
the  particular  tools  we  have  been  using  are  big  enough  or  strong 
enough  is  to  do  the  service  that  faces  us. 

(a)    Who  are  to  Serve — Religion- s  Democracy 

Religion  insists  upon  democracy  from  social  service  and 
upon  these  fundamentals : 

It  is  the  complete  social  body  that  is  to  be  served. 

Every  man  must  bear  a  part. 

No  process  or  method  is  to  be  disregarded  which  enlists 
every  man. 


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A  practical  value  of  this  insistence  of  religion  on  democracy 
is  that  it  assigns  us  first  of  all  today  to  the  pleasant  task  of 
education.  Social  service  that  is  not  intelligent  is  sometimes 
social,  sometimes  is  service,  but  is  always  ineffective. 

For  example,  the  men  and  women  working  today  at  the 
juvenile  delinquent  question  are  educating  policemen,  judges, 
parents,  school  teachers,  boys,  Chautauqua  audiences,  everybody. 
Yet  today  the  juvenile  delinquent  cause  stands  tied  to  the  tether 
of  uncertainty  and  ignorance  concerning  the  actual  efficiency  of 
today's  methods  and  institutions  in  treating  the  juvenile  delin- 
quent. 

Every  man  must  know  how,  why  and  where  to  lift.  The 
first  step  for  social  service  is  to  make  this  knowledge  common 
property  in  every  man's  group. 

The  task  is  to  educate  the  average  man.  Both  the  religion 
of  history  and  the  religion  of  psychology  insist  upon  this.  Jesus 
had  most  success  with  the  average  man.  The  average  man  is 
the  man  most  interested  in  the  great  problems  of  social  service. 
He  is  nearest  to  them  and  he  is  in  the  majority. 

It  is  too  expensive  educating  or  using  only  the  leader.  The 
leader  market  is  too  small.  It  is  too  slow  a  method.  It  is  the 
mass  of  average  men  that  has  to  be  moved  to  get  servdce  done. 
Democracy  in  social  service  is  in  self-defense. 

(Ji)    What  Social  Services — The  Service  or  the  Tools 

Jesus  served  where  there  was  need.  If  the  prevailing  disease 
was  leprosy  he  attacked  that.  Was  it  public  dishonesty?  He 
met  that  and  was  cursed  for  getting  too  near  to  it.  His  religion 
seemed  to  see  only  need.  He  was  a  Jew,  a  member  of  the  regular 
ecclesiastical  organization,  and  there  were  regular  ways  of  doing 
much  that  he  did.  But  he  was  a  religionist  first  and  a  Jew  and 
an  ecclesiastic  afterwards.  He  outgrew  the  organization  by  meet- 
ing needs. 

The  liquor  problem  is  an  evil,  politically,  economically, 
socially,  ethically.  The  nation  has  a  deep  need  because  of  it. 
Shall  I,  because  I  am  a  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  sec- 
retary, leave  it  alone?  What  is  there  inherent  either  in  this  need 
or  in  this  organization  which  prevents  me?  Custom?  Modern 
city  life  is  paved  with  customs  that  we  shall  have  yet  to  break. 
Do  service  there  as  a  man  and  not  as  a  secretary?     That  is  a 


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futile  hiding  place  from  which  I  see  secretaries  everywhere  peep- 
ing out.  Let  some  other  organization  in  my  locality  do  it  because 
it  can  do  it  better?  Most  certainly  if  it  can,  and  does.  But  if  it 
cannot  or  does  not!  This  question,  perhaps  difficult  for  an 
organization  to  answer,  is  an  easy  one  for  religion.  It  is  settled 
for  me  by  my  religion,  not  by  my  organization  alone,  even  though 
through  such  service  money  is  lost  to  my  Association.  President 
Hunt  aptly  remarks :  "The  chief  characteristics  of  the  early 
church  were  its  poverty  and  its  power.  The  chief  characteristics 
of  the  church  today  are  its  wealth  and  its  weakness.  The  church 
then  was  hated.  Does  anyone  today  hate  the  church?  No,  she 
is  not  hated.  She  is  despised."  I  fear  nothing  for  the  Young 
Men's  Christian  Association  so  much  as  that  it  shall  limit  its 
social  service  by  its  precedents  or  by  the  power  of  the  support  of 
a  few  of  its  friends ;  that  it  shall  not  be  hated,  feared,  attacked. 

How  far  shall  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  secre- 
taries enter  into  the  question  of  more  justice  in  the  distribution 
of  the  rewards  of  economic  production.  If  we  are  to 
lose  our  financial  support  by  being  of  indispensable  service, 
then  let  us  change  our  plan  of  finance  and  still  be  just.  The 
sooner  the  Association  breaks  from  her  present  financial  plan- 
lessness,  the  sooner  we  shall  be  free  from  the  big  stick  of  big 
givers.  If  social  service  can  force  us  to  financial  independence 
blessed  be  social  service. 

Large  new  social  services  call  us  to  action.  Shall  20-year- 
old  limitations  or  a  20-century-old  call  to  service  in  the  cause  of 
equity  and  justice  decide?  We  may  be  pooh-hoohed  as  rash, 
inexperienced,  dangerous.  So  was  physical  education  15  years 
ago. 

III.     The  Man  Wlio  Serves 

We  are  thinking  of  the  value  of  religion  expressed  in  social 
service  as  additional  or  supplementary  to  a  man's  individual  wor- 
ship of  his  God.  What  kind  of  a  man  is  religion  so  expressed 
going  to  produce?  Religion  exists  for  man,  not  man  for  religion. 
Will  such  a  rehgion  render  a  man  capable  of  being  hated?  or 
only  despised?  Will  it  make  him  brave,  sym.pathetic,  miore  char- 
itable than  selfish?    Will  it  give  him  the  humility  of  gentleness? 

This  is  a  religion  of  Contacts,  that  sends  a  man  into  the 
thick  of  the  world's  business,  into  the  whirl  of  the  city's  factories, 


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into  the  counsels  of  the  city's  welfare,  into  the  underworld  of 
her  social  wickedness,  into  the  playtime  of  the  people. 

God  give  us  men  who  will  not  feel  so  much  the  call  of  the 
organization  as  the  call  of  the  service  that  is  to  be  done. 

Such  a  man  moves  among  men  who  are  tied,  while  he  is 
free.  The  men  who  do  social  injustice  in  business  are  a  part  of 
the  system.  Nothing  will  unlock  their  handcuffs  so  quickly  as 
the  movement  of  free  men  among  them  who  have  heard  the  clear 
call  of  service.  Nothing  keeps  a  man  so  useful  as  contact  with 
men.  Men's  needs  make  religious  every  man  who  knows  and 
feels  them. 

Too  long  for  the  good  of  our  men  have  we  developed  per- 
sonal religion  without  the  corresponding  development  of  the 
social  religious  life. 

Social  service,  rightly  ordered,  will  get  better  men,  will  keep 
them  longer  and  make  them  plow  deeper. 

If  their  organization  has  not  laid  the  right  tools  at  hand, 
they  will  make  them.  God  knows  that  the  centuries  have  needed 
m.en  who  could  be  emancipated  enough  to  make  tools.  "My 
brother  for  my  Father"  should  be  the  motto  of  social  service. 
The  warming  of  the  heart  that  comes  to  a  man  who  sei"ves  his 
fellow  in  Jesus'  name  is  invincible. 

The  social  view  of  religion  is  supported  by  history  and  by 
personal  experience.  It  enlists  the  mass  of  ordinary  men,  guides 
them  in  the  course  of  their  action,  and  makes  them  the  efficient 
men  the  day  needs. 


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Resolutions 

Resolutions  adopted  at  the  close  of  the  first  session: 
Resolved,  That  it  is  the  consensus  of  opinion  of  this  organization: 

1.  That  we  recognize  social  service  as  a  logical  expression  of  the 
Christian  purpose  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association. 

2.  That  we  should  increasingly  co-operate  with  those  organizations 
having  social  service  as  their  aim. 

3.  That  we  endeavor  to  promote  the  ideals  of  Social  Service  among 
the  membership  of  the  Associations  in  the  following  ways : 

(a)  That  the  Executive  Committee  be  instructed  to  publish  a  bib- 
liography covering  such  phases  of  social  theory,  practice  and  method  as 
they  deem  valuable  to  the  Association  movement. 

(b)  That,  in  order  to  get  before  the  Association  membership  the  evi- 
dences of  progress  of  the  social  movement,  the  Executive  Committee  be 
instructed  to  publish  a  list  of  the  activities  which  are  being  carried  out 
by  the  various  Associations. 

(c)  That,  in  order  to  assist  committees  in  charge  of  programs  for 
conventions,  conferences  and  social  study  clubs,  a  list  of  suitable  topics 
and  available  speakers  be  compiled  and  published  by  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee. 

Resolutions  adopted  at  the  close  of  the  second  session : 

Resolved,  That  it  is  the  sense  of  this  conference  that  the  Associations 
have  before  them  opportunities  for  many  forms  of  social  service  in  behalf 
of  their  members  and  others  whom  the  Association  may  be  able  to  organ- 
ize for  self-help. 

That  we  deem  these  opportunities  to  be  such  as  the  promotion  of 
better  housing  and  working  conditions  and  recreative  facilities ;  the  pro- 
motion of  efforts  for  the  improvement  of  moral  conditions  in  the  com- 
munity; and  for  the  furtherance  of  public  comfort;  the  provisions  of 
facilities  for  thrift  and  savings ;  the  securing  of  a  better  knowledge  of  and 
co-operation  with  other  agencies  for  social  betterment,  such  as  the  Charity 
Organization  Society,  Boards  of  Health,  Juvenile  Courts,  etc. 

That  we  recognize  an  especially  urgent  opportunity  for  social  ser- 
vice among  industrial  workers  because  of  their  number  and  accessibility, 
and  their  need  of  help  in  securing,  through  co-operative  effort,  proper 
conditions  of  home  life,  occupation,  recreation  and  mental  and  spiritual 
development.  Such  conditions  should  guarantee  to  the  individual  the 
maximum  of  personal  safety,  health  and  comfort  and  the  minimum  of 
wear  and  tear  or  strain.  We  would  especially  emphasize  the  demand  made 
upon  the  physical  departments  by  the  opportunities  for  social  service 
among  industrial  workers. 

That,  because  of  the  large  percentage  of  foreigners  among  our  indus- 
trial workers  and  their  comparative  dependence,  due  to  ignorance  of  our 
language  and  customs,  we  recognize  a  special  opportunity  for  social 
sei-vice  in  helping  to  secure  to  the  foreigner  just  and  considerate  treat- 


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ment,    together    with    adequate    instruction    in    our    language,    laws    and 
iinstitutions. 

That  we  recognize  the  following  limitations  to  social  service  on  the 
part  of  the  Associations : 

1.  Only  such  service  should  be  undertaken  as  may  be  in  accordance 
with  the  fundamental  work  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.'s,  which  is  primarily  for 
men  and  boys. 

2.  Efforts  for  the  betterment  of  social  conditions  should  be  undertaken 
only  in  the  light  of  comprehensive  and  accurate  knowledge  of  the  facts 
and  forces  involved. 

Resolutions  adopted  at  the  close  of  the  third  session: 

Resolved,  1.  That  we  recognize  Social  Service  as  essentially  religious; 
and  that  the  personal  religious  life  must  necessarily  supplement  itself  by 
Social   Service. 

2.  That  we  recognize  the  fundamentally  social  nature  of  Christianity - 
as   set  forth  in  the   Scriptures ; 

3.  It  was  social  injustice  and  social  corruption  that  aroused  the 
indignation  of  the  prophets ;  and  social  reform  that  inspired  their  enthus- 
iasm; 

4.  Jesus  exemplified  the  gospel  of  love  and  proclaimed  love  as  essen- 
tially social.  Individual  regeneration  and  social  regeneration  were  insep- 
arable parts  of  His  message. 

5.  Furthermore,  social  effort  enlarges  the  personal  life  and  vitalizes 
its  Christian  purpose.  Any  organization  engaged  in  Christian  work  must 
recognize  Social  Service  as  a  necessary  part  of  its  program. 

6.  The  guide  to  the  service  which  is  to  be  undertaken,  is  human  need. 
This  necessitates  the  social  education  of  our  membership. 

7.  Many  strong,  virile  men  not  now  identified  with  the  Association, 
who  are  interested  in  the  establishment  of  the  Kingdom  of  God,  will  be 
enlisted  with  us  by  the  adoption  of  Social  Service  as  a  conscious  working 
principle. 

Resolutions  adopted  at  the  close  of  the  fourth  session: 

Resolutions  prepared  from  a  digest  of  a  paper  by  A.  T.  Burns  on 
Thrift  and  Mutual  Benefit  Facilities  in  the  Association  and  of  the  discus- 
sion following  it. 

1.  Several  Associations  are  conducting  agencies  for  savings  banks,  but 
the  results  are  not  such  as  to  recommend  the  general  adoption  of  this  plan. 

2.  One  Association's  experience  of  a  year  and  a  half  is  favorable  to  the 
Building  and  Loan  plan  for  encouraging  thrift.  But  this  plan  is  recom- 
mended only  when  capable  men  can  be  found  to  undertake  the  responsi- 
bility gratuitously  as  a  form  of  Social  Service. 

3.  While  the  paper  recommended  the  inauguration  of  sick,  accident 
and  death  benefit  societies  as  immediately  practicable,  no  Association 
experience  with  these  societies  was  presented.  Therefore  we  suggest  that 
this  matter  be  made  the  subject  of  study  and  experimentation  by  such 
Associations  as  can  afford  to  make  this  contribution  to  social  service. 


SOCIETY  FOR  PROMOTION  OF  SOCIAL  SERVICE  ZZ 

Resolutions  adopted  at  the  close  of  the  fifth  session : 

The  primary  purpose  of  the  Association  is  to  assist  men  to  attain 
and  preserve  a  well-balanced  life.  To  do  this  it  is  necessary  to  be  mindful 
of  the  proper  relations  of  life  and  to  supplement  the  fundamental  factors 
of  the  community  life — supplementing  the  man's  home  life  by  helpful 
fellowship,  his  school  by  intellectual  and  physical  development,  his  church 
life  by  further  inspiration  or  the  cultivation  of  motive  power,  the  civic  life 
by  training  in  co-operation,  his  vocation  by  inducement  to  proper  self  in- 
vestment and  his  recreation  by  opportunities  for  self  recovery. 

A  further  purpose  of  the  Association  is  to  promote  the  broader  phases 
of  Social  Service  through  the  individual  efforts  of  the  members  and  by 
the  Association  as  such. 

One  method  for  accomplishing  this  would  be  the  assembling  together 
of  representative  men  of  various  social  forces  of  the  community  in  a 
council.  The  Association  thus  becoming  a  clearing-house  for  intelligent 
co-operative  effort  in  Social  Service. 

It  is  believed  that  we  should  not  make  less  investment  in  large  build- 
ings, but  that  there  should  be  an  increase  in  the  investment  in  less  expen- 
sive but  more  numerous  centers  in  which  the  equipment  and  the  work  shall 
be  adapted  to  the  constituency  to  be  affected. 

Groups  of  members  should  be  enlisted  in  careful  study  of  community 
conditions  and  in  lectures  and  conferences. 

The  experience  of  the  Association  in  Employment  Work  justifies  the 
placing  of  emphasis  on  this  as  a  fruitful  field  for  Social  Service. 

Resolutions  adopted  at  the  close  of  the  sixth  session : 

In  view  of  the  need  for  improved  conditions  in  the  physical  life  of 
men  and  boys,  particularly  in  the  cities,  and  inasmuch  as  the  Association 
is  ifi  many  cases  the  only  organized  agency  equipped  with  trained  leaders ; 
therefore  the  Association  should  seek  to  give  direction  to  the  development 
of  the  physical  life  of  the  community. 

As  every  man  and  boy  in  the  community  has  the  right  and  should 
have  the  opportunity  to  engage  in  healthful  social  play. 

Therefore^  the  Association  should  seek  to  create  sentiment  for  the 
establishment  of  municipal  play  grounds  and  the  inauguration  of  physical 
training  in  the  public  school  and  the  multiplication  of  such  other  facilities 
for  recreation  as  may  be  needed  in  the  community.  ^ 


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Suggestive   List 

Of  Social  Service  Speakers  and  Subjects  for    the    Young 
Men's  Christian  Association 

This  list  of  speakers  and  subjects  does  not  pretend  to  be 
exhaustive.  It  is  merely  suggestive.  In  many  cases  the  speak- 
ers are  authorities  on  subjects  other  than  those  assigned  them 
in  this  Ust. 

Eelation  of  Social  Service  and  Religion 


R.  R.   Perkins 

Prof.  Thomas  Hall,  D.  D. 

Fred    B.    Smith 

Allen  T  Burns 

Miss  Jane  Addams 

Prof.  Walter  Rauschenbusch 

Prof.  Graham   Taylor 


Y.   M.  C.  A.,  Toledo,  Ohio. 

Union   Theological    Seminary,    New    York. 

124  E.  28th  St.,  New  York  City. 

180  Grand  Ave.,  Chicago. 

Hull   House,   Chicago,   111. 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 

180  Grand  Ave.,  Chicago. 


Scope  and  Limitations  of  Social  Service 

C.  R.  Towson  124  E.  28th  St.,  New  York  City 

G.  K.   Shurtleff  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

W.  K.  Cooper  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  Springfield,  Mass. 

Henry  Owen  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  Columbus,  Ohio. 

L.  L.  Doggett  International  Training  School,   Springfield, 

Mass. 

Local  Organization   for  Social   Service 


Starr  Cadwallader 

F.  L.  Starrett 
S.  W.  Wiley 
W.  F.  Diack 
A.  T.  Allen 

Relation  of  T.  M.  C.  A. 

Geo.  J.  Fisher,  M.  D 
L.  H.  Gulick,  M.  D. 

G.  A.  Affleck 

W.  S.  Kinnicutt,  M.  D. 
Henry  S.  Curtis 
G.  R.  Taylor 
Henry  J.  McCoy 

Industrial  Education 

A.  G.  Bookwalter 
A.  D.  Dean 


Dept.  of  Health,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 
Y.  M.  C.  A.,  Denver,   Colo. 
Y.  M.  C.  A.,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 
318  W.  57th  St.,  New  York  City. 
Y.  M.  C.  A.,  Seattle,  Wash. 

to  Recreational  Facilities 

124  E.  28th   St.,  New   York  City. 
Board  of  Education,  New  York  City. 
International  Training  School,   Springfield, 

Mass. 
Y.   M.  C.  A.,  Cleveland,  O. 
624  Madison  Ave.,  New  York  City. 
79  Dearborn  St.,  Chicago,  111. 
Y.  M.  C.  A.,   San  Francisco,  Cal. 

167   Tremont    St.,    Boston,    Mass. 
167    Tremont    St.,    Boston,    Mass. 


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Harvey   Blair 
Geo.   B.   Landis 
E.  L.   Shuey 
Geo.     I.  Martin 

Prof.  Paul  H.  Hanus 


Y.  M.  C.  A.,  Columbus,  Ohio. 

Schultz  Bldg.,  Columbus,  Ohio. 

Dayton,   Ohio. 

Secy.    State    Board   of   Education,    Boston, 

Mass. 
Chairman     State     Industrial     Commission, 

Boston,  Mass. 


Social  Education  of  the  Membership 


H.  W.  Gates 
H.  B.  Woolston 
R.  R.  Perkins 
Myron  J.  Jones 
A.  B.  Williams,  Jr. 


153    LaSalle    St.,    Chicago,    111. 
Goodrich  House,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 
Y.  M.  C.  A.,  Toledo,  Ohio. 
Y.  M.  C.  A.,  Washington,    D.    C. 
Supt.  Humane  Soc,  Cleveland. 


T.    M.    C.    A.    and   Immigrants 


Prof.  E.  A.  Steiner 
Peter  Roberts 
Harry  G.  Williams 
H.   W.   Hoot 
Robert  Watchhorn 
Gaylord  White 


Grinnell,  Iowa. 

Arcade  Bldg.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Harrisburg,   Pa. 

Ellis  Island,  New  York  City. 

Ellis  Island,  New  York  City. 

Union  Settlement,  New  York  City. 


The  Association  and  Industrial  Workers 


C.  R.  Towson 
C.  C.  Michener 
Chas.  Stelzle 
Graham  Taylor 
John   Graham   Brooks 
Wilfred  Keeling 


Arcade   Bldg.,   New   York  City. 
156  5th  Ave.,  New  York  City. 
156  5th  Ave.,  New  York  City. 
180  Grand  Ave.,  Chicago,  111. 
Cambridge,   Mass. 
Y.  M.  C.  A.,  Cleveland,  Ohio, 


Social  Service  and  the  Contrihuting  Constituency 

Mornay  Williams  New    York    City. 

Y.  M.  C.  A.,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 


G.  K.  Shurtleff 
W.  K.  Murray 
L.    W.    Messer 

Y.  M.  C.  A.  and  Newsboys 

E.  W.  Booth 
John  Gunkel 
Sidney  Pixotto 


124  E  28th  St.,  New  York  City. 
153    LaSalle    St.,    Chicago,    111. 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 
Toledo,    Ohio. 

Columbia  Park  Boys'  Club,  San  Francisco, 
Cal. 


Thrift   and   Benefit   Facilities 

Geo.  W.   Warburton  43rd  and  Madison  Ave.,  New  York  City. 

Fred  C.  Green  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  Toledo,  Ohio. 

Allen   T.   Burns  180  Grand  Ave.,  Chicago,  111. 

S.  W.  Wiley  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 


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Belation  to  Delinquent   Boys 


Walter  F.  Diack 
Geo.   A.    Bellamy 
H.  W.  Thurston 
Judge  Benj.  Lindsay 

Relation  to  Homeless  Men 

H.  W.  Hoot 
Raymond   Robins 
James    Mullenbach 
Jas.  F.  Jackson 

Speakers  on  General  Social 

Jacob  Riis 

Miss  Lillian  Wald 

Lawrence  Veillier 

Edward  T.  Devine 

Mrs.  Mary  K.  Sinkhovitch 

Robert  Hunter 

J.  G.  Phelps  Stokes 

William  H.  Allen 

Robert  A.  Woods 

Prof.  Chas.  Zueblin 

Frederick  Almy 

Miss  Mary  Richmond 

Herbert  B.  Briggs 

Chas.  B.  Ball 

Henry  F.  Burt 

Clinton  Rogers  Woodruff 

Mayo   Fessler 

Prof.  John  R.  Commons 

Prof.  Richard  T.  Ely 

Prof.  C.  R.  Henderson 

Josiah    Strong 

Samuel  Gompers 

Mary  E.  McDowell 
Hon.  F.  C.  Howe 


318  W.  57th  St.,  New  York  City. 
Hiram  House,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 
Juvenile  Court,  Chicago,  111. 
Denver,   Colo. 

Bowery  Branch,  Y.   M.  C.  A.,  New  York. 
372  W.  Ohio  St.,  Chicago,  111. 
12  N.  Union  St.,  Chicago,  111. 
Associated  Charities,  Cleveland. 

Conditions 

New  York  City. 

Nurses'    Settlement,    New    York    City. 

105  E.  22nd   St.,  New  York  City. 

105  E.  22nd   St.,  New  York  City. 

26  Jones   St.,   New  York   City. 

Care  University   Settlement,   New  York. 

Care  University   Settlement,   New  York. 

105  E.  22nd  St.,  New  York  City. 

South  End  House,  Boston,   Mass. 

The  University  of  Chicago,  Chicago,  111. 

Charity  Organization  Society,  Buffalo,  N  Y 
Pa. 

Charity  Organization  Society,  Philadelphia, 
Pa. 

Briggs  &  Nelson,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

City   Hall,   Chicago. 

Pillsbury    House,    Minneapolis,    Minn    . 

North    American    Bldg.,    Philadelphia,    Pa. 

St.   Louis,   Mo. 

Madison,    Wis. 

Madison,    Wis. 

The  University  of  Chicago,  Chicago,  111. 

105  E.  22nd  St.,  New  York  City. 

American  Federation  of  Labor,  Washing- 
ton,   D.    C. 

4630  Gross  Ave.,  Chicago,  111. 

Cleveland,  Ohio. 


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Bibliography 

Compiled  by  Geo  J  Fisher,  M  D 

The  method  used  in  preparing  the  following  bibliography 
was  to  first  secure  from  interested  members  of  the  Society  for 
the  Promotion  of  Social  Service  suggestions  of  titles.  The 
response  to  this  request  was  generous  and  our  thanks  are  extend- 
ed to  Messrs. :  Glen  K.  Shurtleff  and  Starr  Cadwallader  of 
Cleveland ;  R.  R.  Perkins  of  Toledo ;  Walter  Diack  of  New  York 
City;  Herbert  Gates  of  Chicago;  S.  Wirt  Wiley  of  Minneapolis; 
A.  G.  Bookwalter  of  Boston ;  Dr.  Peter  Roberts,  John  R.  Board- 
man,  and  Robert  T.  Hill  of  the  International  Committee. 

The  bibliography  in  social  progress  prepared  by  W.  D.  Bliss 
was  exceedingly  suggestive  and  many  titles  were  secured  from 
it.  Mr.  Cadwallader  suggested  the  outline  for  the  first  half  of 
the  bibliography. 

In  the  preparation  of  titles  under  special  headings  we  are 
indebted  for  counsel  to  Prof.  Jenks  of  Cornell ;  E.  T.  Devine 
of  the  Charity  Organization,  New  York  City;  Owen  R.  Lovejoy 
of  the  National  Child  Labor  Committee;  H.  M.  Burr  of  the 
Springfield  Training  School ;  Prof.  C.  R.  Henderson  of  Chicago, 
and  to  the  Social  Service  Society,  of  which  Dr.  Josiah  Strong 
is  president,  for  the  list  of  magazine  articles. 


38  SOCIETY  FOR  PROMOTION  OF  SOCIAL  SERVICE 

Index  of  Contents 

The  titles  marked  with  an  asterisk  are  intended  as  sug- 
gestion of  a  small  and  popular  list  for  a  local  association  library. 

Key  to  the  Arrangement  of  Subjects 

A      SOCIAL    HISTORY 

I     Early  History  of  Society     General 

II     From  the  Beginning  of  Civilization  to  the  Rise  of  the  Modern 
Industrial  State 

(a)  Political 

(b)  Social 
III     Modern  Social  History 

(a)  General 

(b)  Industrial  Development  and  its  Effect 

B      SOCIAL   THEORY 

I  Sociology 

II  Economics 

III  Ethics 

IV  Law 

V    Political  Science 

(a)  General 

(b)  Government 

(c)  Party  Politics 
VI    Education 

(a)  General 

(b)  Religious  i 

VII    The  Family 

C      SOCIAL  PROBLEMS   AND  REFORMS 

I    General 
II     Bibliographies  and  Statistics 

III    The  City 

(a)  General 

(b)  Civic  Improvement 

(c)  Baths,  Playgrounds   and  Comfort  Stations 

(d)  Public  Sanitation 

(e)  Housing 


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IV 

Rural  Communities 

V 

Poverty 

VI 

Charity  and 

Philanthropy 

VII 

Disease 

VIII 

Crime  and  Penology                                                                i 

(a) 

General 

(b) 

Juvenile  Delinquency 

IX 

Temperance 

Reform 

X 

Social  Hygiene 

XI 

Capital,  Labor  and  Wages 

(a) 

Labor  Legislation 

(b) 

Equities  between  Capital  and  Labor 

(c) 

Trade  Unions 

(d) 

The  Trusts 

(e) 

Arbitration  and  Conciliation 

(f) 

Factory  Problems 

(g) 

Shop  Betterment   Schemes 

(h) 

Mutual  Help   Schemes  for  Wage  Earners 

(i) 

Child   Problems 

(J) 

Child  Labor 

(k) 

Industrial  Education 

XII 

Benefit  Associations                                                    * 

XIII 

Immigration 

XIV 

Railways 

XV 

Socialism 

• 

XVI 

Christianity 

and  Social  Reform 

XVII 

Miscellaneous 

(a) 

The  Sunday  Problem 

(b) 

Building  and  Loan  Associations 

(c) 

Social  Duties 

(d) 

Settlements 

XVIII    Journals  Containing  Valuable  Information  on  Social  Problems 


40  SOCIETY  FOR  PROMOTION  OF  SOCIAL  SERVICE 

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II      EARLY    HISTORY    SOCIETY 

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Morgan,  L  H        Ancient  Society  (Holt)   Pop  Ed 1  SO 

Star  eke,  C  N         The  Primitive  Family    (Paul) 1  75 

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■  1900    U  S  Bureau  of  Labor  Bulletin 
54    1904. 

Marx,  Karl  "Capital"   (Kerr  &  Co)   2v 2  00 

Ruegg,  A  H  Laws   Regulating  the   Relation   of  Em- 

ployer    and     Workman     in     England 
(London)  1905. 

Ryan,  John  A  A  Living  Wage  N  Y   1906  (Macmillan)     1  00 

Smith,  S  G  The     Industrial     Conflict     NY     1907 

(Revell)    1  00 

*United  States  Commissioner  of  Labor    Twenty-first  an- 
nual report    Strikes  and  Lockouts    1881-1905      Washington 

1906 

*Webb,  Mr  &■  Mrs  Sidney    "Industrial     Democracy"     (Long- 
mans)      $4  00 

Wright,  Carroll  D  The  Battles  of  Labor   (Bull  Lec- 

tures)    Phila    1906    (Jacobs)..     1  00 

Wright,  Carroll  D  The    Industrial    Evolution    of    the 

U  S   (Scribner)    1  00 

Peters,  J  P,  Editor  Labor  and  Capital    N  Y     1902. 

(c)     trade  unions 

*Commons,  J  R                     Trade  Unionism  and  Labor  Prob- 
lems   (Ginn) $2  50 

(Henry  Holt  &  Co)  Hollander  and  Barnett. 


54  SOCIETY  FOR  PROMOTION  OF  SOCIAL  SERVICE 

Hollander,  J  H                   Studies   in   American  Trade   Un- 
ionism N  Y  1905 2  75 

*Mitchell,  John  "Organized    Labor"     (Am    Bk    & 

Bible  House)   Phila 1  75 

Levasseur,  E  The    American   Workman    (John 

Hopkins     Press) 3  00 

*Webh,  Sidney  &  Beatrice   History      of      Trade      Unionism 

(Longmans)    2  60 

(d)     the  trusts 

Baker,  C  W  Monopolies   and  the   People    (Putnam's) 

1900     $1  50 

Bolen,  Geo  L         Plain  Facts  as  the  Trusts  and  the  Tariff 

(Macmillan)     1902 1  50 

''Clark,  J  B  Control  of  Trusts   (Macmillan)   1901  net        60 

Ely,  Richard  T      Monopolies  and  Trusts  (Macmillan^  1902    1  25 
Jenks,  J  W  The   Trust   Problem    (Putnam's)    1901..     100 

Report  of  the  United  States  Industrial  Commission  Vol 
I,  1900,  Vol  Xni,  1901,  Vol  XIX  Results  Washington 
Limited  number     Free 

Simons,  A  M         Packington    (Kerr)    paper 5 

*Tarbell,  Ida  M      The  History  of  the  Standard  Oil  Com- 
pany (McClure,  Phillips  &  Co)  1904  2v    5  00 

(e)     arbitration  and  conciliation 

Arbitration  in  Great  Britain  Bulletins  8  and  28  (U  S) 
Department  of  Labor     Free. 

Gilman,  N  P            Methods  of  Industrial   Peace    (Hough- 
ton, Mifflin  &  Co    1904 $1  60 

Journal  of  the  Department  of  Labor  of  New  Zealand  Wel- 
lington, N  Z. 
Knoop,  Douglas       Industrial   Conciliation  and   Arbitration 

(London)    1905. 
*Lloyd,  H  D              A  Country  Without  Strikes  (New  Zea- 
land)     (Doubleday)   1900 100 

^Reports  of  National  Conferences  on  Industrial   Concil- 
iation, under  the  auspices  of  the  National  Civic  Federation. 
Report  of  the  United  States   Industrial  Commission  Vol 
Vol  XVII    Also  1900-02   19v. 

Goehre,  Paul  Three  Months  in  a  Workshop. 

Kilbourne,  James     Some  Phases  of  the  Labor  Question. 

(f)     factory  problems 
*Accidents  to  Labor     Bulletin  32     U   S  Department  of 
Labor     Free. 


SOCIETY  FOR  PROMOTION  OF  SOCIAL  SERVICE  55 

Factory  Sanitation  and  Labor  Protection     Bulletin  U  S 
Department  of  Labor   January,  1903    Free 
Hutchins  &  Harrison    A  History  of  Factory  Legislation. 

Inspection   of   Factories   and    Workshops   in   the    United 

States  Bulletin  12  U  S  Department  of  Labor  Free. 
Report  of  Bureau  of  Factory  Inspection   New  York  1902 
State  Department  of  Labor,  Albany,  N  Y. 
Whittlesey,   Sarah  S      Tendencies  of  Factory  Legislation  and  In- 
spection in  the  United  States  Annals  of 
the  American  Academy  of  Political  and 
Social  Science    Vol  20    No  1. 

(g)     shop  betterment  schemes 
*Cook,  E  W  Betterment :      Individual,      Social 

and  Industrial ;  New  York,  1906  $1  20 
*Gilman,  N  P                       Dividend  to  Labor;   Profit  Shar- 
ing,   (Houghton),   each 1  75 

GriMn,  Sir  Robert  The    Progress    of    the    Working 

Classes. 
Hobhouse,  L  T  The  Labor  Movement. 

Howell,  Geo  Conflicts    of    Capital    and    Labor, 

Chapter   12,    (Macmillan) 2  50 

Lloyd,  H  D  Newest  England — New  Zealand — 

(Doubleday)     2  50 

Meakin,  B  Modern    Factories    and    Villages 

(Jacobs)    2  (X) 

Olmstead,  V  H  The     Betterment     of     Industrial 

Conditions,  U  S  Dept  of  Labor, 
Bulletin  31,  Nov  1900. 
**Reports  of  Welfare  Work  of  the  National  Civic  Federa- 
tion, 281  Fourth  Ave,  New  York 
'*Shuey,  E  L  Factory    People    and    their    Em- 

ployers   (Handbook    for    Prac- 
tical Workers),  New  York  1900 

(Wessels)     75 

Taylor,  R  W  Cooke  Factory  Legislation,  London. 

Tolman,  W  H  Industrial  Betterment. 

Report  of  United  States  Department  of  Labor,  1903. 
*N  J  Bureau  of  Labor  Statistics,  Industrial  Betterment,  In- 
stitutions   in    New    Jersey,    Mfg   Establishments,    Trenton, 
1904.     Also  in  report  1904. 

(h)     mutual  help  schemes  for  wage  earners 
♦Articles    by    Dr    C    R    Henderson,    American    Journal    of 
Sociology,  1907-8  (under  title  of  Industrial  Insurance). 


56  SOCIETY  FOR  PROMOTION  OF  SOCIAL  SERVICE 

Bradbrook,  Edw  W  Provident  Societies  and  Industrial 

Welfare,  London  1898. 

Brown,  Mary  Wilcox        The  Development  of  Thrift,  N  Y 

1899    (Macmillan)    1  00 

*Co-operative  Communities  in  the  United  States,  Bulletin  No 
35  of  Department  of  Commerce  and  Labor,  Washington, 
D  C. 

*Ely  Labor     Movement     in     America 

(Macmillan),  net   1  25 

Hamilton,  James  Henry    Savings  and  Savings  Institutions, 

N  Y  1902  (Macmillan),  net. . . .     2  25 

Holyoake,  G  J                     The   Co-operative  Movement  To- 
day  (London,  Scribner) 1  00 

McNeill  Labor  Movement  of  Today. 

Mutual  Aid  a  Factor  in  Evolution  (Krepotkin,  McClure)  . .     2  50 

Mutual  Relief  and  Benefit  Associations  in  the  Printing 
Trade,  Bulletin  No  19  of  Department  of  Commerce  and 
Labor,  Washington,  D  C 

Pauperism  and  the  Endowment  of  Old  Age  by  Charles 
Booth    (Macmillan)    1  25 

Wilkinson,  J  Frame  Mutual  Thrift  (London,  Scribner)     1  00 

^Wilkinson,  J  Frome  A  Dividend  to  Labor   (N  P  Gil- 

man) 

Willoughby,  W  F  Workingmen's  Insurance  (Crowell)    1  75 

Ninth  Annual  Rep  U  S  Com  of  Labor  Bldg  &  Loan  Asso- 
ciation of  the  U  S 

Wyckoff,  Walter  The  Workers,  2  vol;  vol  1  $1.25; 

vol  2 1  50 

^Henderson,  C  R  Industrial     Insurance,     American 

Journal  of  Sociology,   1907-08. 

(l)       CHILD   PROBLEMS 

*Buck,  Winifred           Boys'     Self-Governing     Clubs     (Mac- 
millan)   1903  net $0  90 

Folks,  Homer  Care  of  Destitute,  Neglected  and  De- 

linquent Children   (Macmillan)    1902     1  00 

Hart  Economic  Aspects  of  the  Child  Prob- 

lem (N  C  C)  1892. 

^Henderson,  C  R         Dependent,    Defective    and   Delinquent 

Classes   (Heath)   net   1  50 

Hill,  Florence  D         The   Children  of  the   State    (Macmil- 
lan)   1889. 


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57 


*New  Century  Club     Phil   Statutes  of  every  State  in  United 
States   concerning  Destitute,  Neglect- 
ed and  Delinquent  Children   (Geo  F 
Lasher,  Phila)   1900. 
Report    of    Committee    on    Child    Saving    (N    C    C)    1893, 

Special,  2  vol. 
Riis,  Jacob  How  the  Other  Half  Lives  (Scribner^     1  25 

*Rowe,  Stuart  H  Physical   Nature   of  the   Child    (Mac- 

millan)    1903  net 90 

"^'S  par  go,  J  Bitter  Cry  of  the  Children    (Macmil- 

lan)   net   1  50 

Spargo,  J  Common  Sense  of  the  Milk  Question. 

(j)     CHILD  LABOR 

Annals    of    American    Academy    of    Political    and    Social 

Science,  Vol  XXV,  No  3,  May  1905;  also  Vol  XX,  No  1, 

July  1903,  Part  4,  on  Child  Labor. 

Anti   Child   Labor   Movement,   Bulletin   69,   Department   of 

Commerce  and  Labor,  1907. 

*Brooks,  John  Graham        The    Social    Unrest,    See    General 

Section    (Macmillan)    $1  50 

Bulletin  U  S  Department  of  Labor  No  52,  May  1904. 
Clark,  D  W                         American  Child  and  Mollach  To- 
day (Jennings  &  Graham) 75 

Graffenried,  C  D  Prize     Essay     on     Child     Labor 

(Macmillan)     75 

Hunter,  Robert  Poverty,  One  Chapter  on  Child 
Labor  (See  also  section  on  In- 
dustrial Conditions)  (Macmil- 
lan)   1904    1  50 

Kellor,  Frances  A  Out  of  Work   ( Putnam) 1  25 

*KeUy,  Florence  Child  Labor  Legislation. 

The  Making  of  America,  Vol  8 
*Kelly,  Florence                    Some  Ethical  Gains  through  Leg- 
islation   (Macmillan)    net 1  25 

Reports  of  United  States  Industrial  Commission,  Vol  XIX, 
p  921. 
*Reports   of  National   Child  Labor   Committee,   New  York, 
1905  to  date  (105  East  22nd  St,  New  York) 
Reports  of  Commissioners  of  Labor  and  Factory  Inspectors 

of  the  Several  States  and  Territories. 
Reports   of  the   International   Congresses   for  the   Welfare 
and  Protection  of  Children  (London,  P  S  King  &  Son) 
3rd  Congress  1902. 


58  SOCIETY  FOR  PROMOTION  OF  SOCIAL  SERVICE 

Richardson,  Dorothy  The  Long  Day  (Century) 1  20 

*Riis,  Jacob  The  Children  of  the  Poor  ('Scrib- 

ner)    1  25 

*WiUoughby,  W  F  Prize     Essay     on     Child     Labor 

(Macmillan)    75 

*U  S  Census  Bulletin  No  69,  Child  Labor  in  the  United  States. 

XII      INDUSTRIAL  EDUCATION 

^Industrial  Education — H  S  Pearson 

*Our  Children,  Our  Schools,  Our  Industries. 

(Special  Theme,  Annual  Report)   A  S  Draper,  Department  of 
Education,  New  York. 

Education  of  Wage  Earners,  Davidson  (Ginn  &  Co) 75 

Published  Reports — Society  for  the  Promotion  of  Industrial 
Education. 

Trade    and    Technical    Education,    1900.      Bureau    of    Education, 
Washington. 

Educational  Foundations  of  Trade  and  Industry.     Ware. 
Industrial  Efficiency.     A  Shadwell    (See  Education) 

XIII  BENEFIT  ASSOCIATIONS 

Brabrook,  E  W        Principles   of   Friendly   Societies    (Nineteenth 
Century)  Dec  1906 
"^Calkins,  Raymond    Fraternal    Societies    (In    his    "Substitutes    for 
the  Saloon")    1901 
Cheapest    Insurance    (World's    Work)    April 
1906 
Dawson,  M  M  Fraternal  Life  Insurance 

Annals  American  Academy,  Sept  1905 
Henderson,  C  A        Insurance  and  the  Fraternal  Societies 

American  Journal  of  Sociology,  July  1907 
Henderson,  C  R       Local  Relief  Societies 

American   Journal   of   Sociology,    March    1907 
Landis,  A  Life  Insurance  by  Fraternal  Orders 

Annals  Amer.  Academy,  November  1904 
Meyer,  B  H  Fraternal  Beneficiary  Societies  in  the  U  S 

American  Journal  of  Sociology,  March  1901 

XIV  IMMIGRATION 

Annual   Reports  of  Commissioner  of   Immigration,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C. 
*Bradenburg,  Broughton      Imported  Americans  (Stokes)  1904  $1  60 
Gordon,  W  E  The  Alien  Immigrant  (Scribners) 

1903  1  50 


SOCIETY  FOR  PROMOTION  OF  SOCIAL  SERVICE  59 

*Grose,  H  B  Aliens  or  Americans  (Y  P  M  M) 

cloth  $0  SO ;  paper 35 

Incoming  Millions   (Revell)   cloth 

$0  50;   paper    30 

Hall,  Prescott  F  Immigration  and  Its  Effects  upon 

the  U  S 

Hull,  Hourse  Maps  and  Papers  (Crowell) 2  50 

Hunter,  Robert  Poverty  (Macmillan)   1904 1  50 

*Immigration   at   the    Port   of   New    York.     Bulletin    17, 
U  S  Dept  of  Labor. 

Lord,  Elliott  The  Italian  in  America  (Buck)  . .     1  50 

LeFollette,  Problems  of  Immigration. 

*Roberts,  Peter  Anthracite       Coal       Communities 

(Macmillan)     3  SO 

Smith,  Prof  R  Mayo  Emigration       and       Immigration 

(Scribners)    1890 1  SO 

**Steiner,  On    the    Trail    of   the    Immigrant 

(Revell)      1  50 

*Warne,  T  J  The  Slav  Invasion  (Lippincott) . .     1  00 

Whelpwey,  Chas  D  The    Problem   of    the    Immigrant 

(Button)     3  00 

Woods,  R  A  Americans  in  Process  (Houghton, 

Mifflin)    1  50 

Wright,  Carroll  D  Influence  of  Trade  Unions  on  Im- 

migration. 

XV      RAILWAYS 

Cowles,  J  I  A  General  Freight  and  Passenger  Post 

(Putnam)   1902  $1  25 

Edwards,  Clement    Railroad    Nationalization     (New    York, 

Scribners)     1  00 

Hadley,  Arthur  T    Railway    Transportation     (New     York, 

Putnam)   1886   1  SO 

*  Johnson,  E  R  American  Railway  Transportation  (Ap- 

pleton)  1903  1  50 

Pratt,  E  A  American    Railways    (Macmillan)    1903 

net     1  25 

Statistics,   Report  of   Interstate   Commerce    (Report   An- 
nual)  Commission,  Washington.     Free 
Stickney,  J  Railway  Problem. 

XVI      SOCIALISM 

The  World's  Revolutions,  Untermann,  Kerr  &  Co $0  50 


60  SOCIETY  FOR  PROMOTION  OF  SOCIAL  SERVICE 

The  Menace  of  Privilege,  Henry  George,  Jr,  (Macmillan) 
1905  1  50 

The  Socialists,  Spargo  (Kerr  &  Co,  Chicago),  1906 50 

Merrie  England,  Blatchford  (Kerr  &  Co,  Chicago)  1904. .         10 

Capital,   Marx,   Carl   (Humboldt  &  Co) 1  75 

*George,  Henry         Progress  and  Poverty  1899  (Doubleday)     1  00 
Gilman,  N  P  Socialism     and     the     American     Spirit 

(Houghton)     1  50 

Fabians,  (Eng)         Fabian  Essays  (28  Lafayette  Place,  N  Y)         75 
Hillquit,  Morris        History  of  Socialism  in  the  U  S  (Funk 

&  Wagnalls)    1  50 

*Engels,  Frederick     Socialism,  Utopian  and  Scientific  (Kerr 

&  Co)   1903. 
*Kirkup,  History  of  Socialism  (Labor   News  N  Y)         50 

Socialism  Before  the  French  Revolution. 

XVII      CHRISTIANITY   AND    SOCIAL   REFORM 

*Abboit,  Lyman  Christianity     and     Social     Prob- 

lems  (Houghton,  Mifflin)  1897.  $1  25 

*Brown,                   ,                The  Social  Message  of  the  Mod- 
ern  Pulpit    (Scribner) 1  25 

Dawson,  W  J  The  Prophet  in  Babylon  (Revell)     1  50 

Ely,  Prof  R  T  Social     Aspects     of     Christianity 

(Crowell)    1899    90 

Fremantle,  Canon  W  H  The  World,  The  Subject  of  Re- 
demption (Longman's)  1895 
2nd  Ed 2  00 

'  ^Gladden,  Washington         Applied    Christianity    (Houghton, 

Mifflin)    1896 1  25 

Also    Christianity  and   the    Social 
Problem   1  00 

Heath,  Richard  The  Captive  City  of  God  (Fifield, 

44  Fleet  St,  London)  1904. 

'^Hodges,  Rev  George          Faith  and   Social  Service    (Whit- 
taker)    1896    1  25 

Mathews,  Shailer  The    Social    Teaching    of    Jesus 

(Macmillan)    1897   ISO 

Also  The  Church  and  the  Chang- 
ing  Order    (Macmillan) 1  50 

*Manrice,  F  D  Social  Morality  ("Macmillan)  1886    1  25 

*Rauschenbusch,  Walter      Christianity  and  the  Social  Crisis 

(Macmillan)    1  50 


SOCIETY  FOR  PROMOTION  OF  SOCIAL  SERVICE  61 

*Peabody,                               Jesus  Christ  and  the  Social  Ques- 
tion   (Grosset  &  Dunlapj 60 

Smith,  Charles  Sprague     Working  with  the  People    (Wes- 

sels)   1904  net 50 

^Strong,  Josiah  Religious    Movements    for    Social 

Betterment  (Baker  &  Taylor)  . .         50 

* The      Next      Great      Awakening 

(Baker   &   Taylor) 75 

Wescott,  Bishop  B  F  Social     Aspects     of     Christianity 

(Macmillan)    1887   1  50 

Campbell,  Christianity  and  the  Social  Order. 

(Macmillan)    net    150 

MISCELLANEOUS 

SUNDAY  PROBLEMS 

Lewis,  A  H,  Sunday  League  (Appleton)   1902,  $1  25 
American  Sabbath  Union  (128  Broadway,  New  York) 

BUILDING    AND    LOAN    ASSOCIATIONS 

*Willoughby,  Jno.  Building  and  Loan  Associations,  Boston,  (Wright  & 
Potter)  1900.  [See  also  Shop  Betterment  Schemes,  Titles  on  Sav- 
ings and  Thrift] 

*"Social  Duties,"  Biblical  World  1907-08  To  be  reprinted  (C  R  Hen- 
derson— in  press) 

Life  Problem  Courses  by  Doggett,  and  others. 

Personal  and  Public  Hygiene  by  Dr.  Geo.  J.  Fisher  (now  in  preparation). 

SETTLEMENTS 

*Reason,   W    University  and   Social  Settlements     1894     (Scribner)    [See 

Charity  and  Philanthropy] 
Bibliography  of  Social  Settlements  by  Starr  Cadwallader. 

Note.— All  the  books  named  in  this  bibliography  can  be  secured  from  the  Y  M  C  A 
Press,  124  East  28th  St..  New  York. 

Journals  Presenting  Valuable  Information  on  Social  Service 

*American  Journal  of  Sociology.     Bi-monthly.    University  of  Chicago,  $2. 
American   Statistical   Association  Quarterly.     491    Boylston   St.,   Boston, 

Mass.,  $2. 
*Annals  of  the  American  Academy  of  Political  and  Social  Science.     Bi- 
monthly.    Phila.,  $6. 
American    Federationist.      (Organ    of   American    Federation    of   Labor) 

M  423  G  St,  N  W,  Washington,  D  C.    $1. 
Arena,  (M).     Broad  St,  Trenton,  N  J,  $2  50. 


62  SOCIETY  FOR  PROMOTION  OF  SOCIAL  SERVICE 

Bulletin  of  the  Department  of  Labor  M.    Official  Publication  of  Depart- 
ment, Washington,  D  C 

^Charities.     (New  York  Charity  Organization  Society)   W.     105  E  22nd 

St,  New  York  City,  $2. 
Chautauquan  ,(M.)     Chautauqua,  N  Y,  $2. 
City  and  State,  (W.)     1305  Arch  St,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Educational  Review.     Ten  numbers  per  year.     Rahway,  N  J,  and  N  Y 

City,  $3. 
Federation    Quarterly.     (Federation   of    Churches)    11    Broadway,    N    Y 

City,  $1. 
Good  Government.     (Journal  of  National  Civil  Service  Reform  League) 

(M.)  79  Wall  St,  New  York  City,  $1. 
Hammer  and  Pen.    (Organ  of  Church  Association  for  the  Advancement 

of  the  Interests  of  Labor)   (M.)  285  Fourth  Ave,  New  York  City,  50c. 
^Independent,  (W.)     130  Fulton  St,  New  York,  $2. 
International  Journal  of  Ethics,   (Q.)     1415  Locust  St,  Phila,  Pa,  $2  50. 
International  Socialist  Review,  (M.)     56  Fifth  Ave,  Chicago,  $1. 
Journal  of  Political  Economy,  (Q.)     Chicago  University,  $3. 
Lend  a  Hand.    Lend  a  Hand  Society)     1  Beacon  St,  Boston,  $1. 
National  Advocate.     (Temperance)    (M.)  3  East  14th  St.,  New  York,  $1. 
*Outlook,  (W.)     287  Fourth  Ave,  New  York  City,  $3. 
Political  Science  Quarterly.     Columbia  University,  New  York. 
Public,   (Single  Tax)    (W.)     Unity  Building,  Chicago,  $2. 
Playground,  N  Y,  $1. 
Religious  Education,  Quarterly. 
Southern  Workman,  (M.)  Hampton,  Va,  $1. 
World's  Work,  (M.)     135  E  16th  St,  New  York  City,  $3. 
World  Today,   (M.)     67  Wabash  Ave,  Chicago,  $1. 
Appeal  to  Reason  (Socialist).     Girard,  Kans,  50c. 
Comrade   (Socialist).     11  Cooper  Square,  N  Y,  $1. 

Magasine  Articles 

Bartlett,  E  M  Corporation  with  a  Soul;  A  Splendid  Group  of  Wel- 

fare Institutions.  Congregationalist,  September  5, 
1903. 

Becker,  O  M  Auxihary   Methods    of    Successful   Labor   Employers. 

Engineering  Magazine,  April,  1906. 

Becks,  Gertrude  Employees'  Welfare  Work.  Independent,  October  22, 
1903. 

Calkins,  R  Social  Needs  of  Wage  Earners.    Independent,  July  17, 

1902. 

Carlton,  F  T  Golden  Rule  Factory.    Arena,  October,  1904 


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Commons,  J  R  Welfare  Work  in  a  Great  Industrial  Plant.     Review 

of  Reviews,  July,  1903. 
Cranston,  MR..   ..  Girls  Behind  the  Counter.    World  Today,  March,  1906. 

New  Industrialism.     Chautauquan,  August,  1903. 

Social  Secretary.     Craftsman,  July,  1906. 

Social  Work  in  British  Factories.     Craftsman,  March, 
1906. 
Door,  R  C  Social  Secretary.     Success,  November,  1902. 

Ely,  R  T  Industrial  Betterment.     Harper's,  September,  1902. 

Feiker,F  M  Modern  Factory  Restaurant.     Cassier's,  June,  1906. 

Genry,  Arthur  Millionaire  Socialists.     Ainslee's,  August,  1899. 

Going,  C  B  Village  Communities  of  the  Factory.    Machine  Works 

and  Mines,  Engineering  Magazine,  April,  1901,  25c. 

Industrial  Work  of  the  Cleveland  Chamber  of  Commerce,  Outlook,  July 

4,  1903. 
Lewis, L  Uplifting  17,000  Employees.     World's  Work,  March, 

1905. 
Livermore,!  E  Machine  Shop  Review.     Cassier's,  July,  1907. 

National  Cash  Register  Co,  Dayton,  Ohio,  publications. 

National  Cash  Register's  Relation  with  its  Employees,  by  E  W  Kennan. 
Outlook,  April  29,  1899. 

Possibilities  of  the  Present  Industrial  System,  Paul  Monroe.     Am.  Jour- 
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Twentieth  Century  Factory,  E  W  Work,  Independent,  June  29,   1899. 

Work  of  the  National  Cash  Register  Co,  F  C  Fugitt,  Cassier's,  September, 
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Porter,H F J  Democrasation  of  Industry,  or  Enlightened  Methods 

of  Treating  the  Employed.    Journal  of  the  Franklin 
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Factory  Fire  Drills,  Cassier's,  August,  1905. 
Factory  Fire  Drills,  Journal  of  Fire,  February,  1907. 
Get  Together   Principles   in   a  Factory   Organization. 
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Higher   Law   in   the   Industrial   World.     Engineering 
Magazine,  August,  1905. 

Industrial  Betterment  in  the  Iron  and  Steel  Industry, 
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Province     of     the      Industrial      Engineer.     Cassier's, 
October,  1905. 

Rationale    of    the    Industrial    Betterment    Movement. 
Cassier's,  August,  1906. 


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Purves,  Alexander 

Rayburn,  C  C 
Titus,  E  K 
Tolman,  W  H 

Tolman,  W  H 

Tolman,  W  H 
Watson,  E  P 

Wheeler,  E  C 


Realization  of  the  Ideals  in  Industrial  Engineering. 
American  Machinist,  December  7,   1905. 

Suggestion  System.     Cassier's,  July,  1905. 

Welfare  Work.  National  Association  of  Mfrs  Bul- 
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Harmonizing  Labor  and  Capital  by  Means  of  Indus- 
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and  Social  Science,  July,  1902. 

Welfare  Work  from  the  Employee's  Standpoint.   Chau- 

tauquan,  June,  1906. 
Instructive  Factory  Village.    World's  Work,  January, 

1905. 

Landscape    Gardening   for   Factory   Homes.      Review 

of  Reviews,  April,  1899. 
Social  Engineer.     Cassier's,  June,  1901. 
Social  Secretary.     Outlook,  July  19,  1904. 
Trust   for    Social   Betterment.     World's   Work,   July, 

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What  More  than  Wages?     Century,  December,  1900. 
Typical    Factory    Systems.      Engineering    Magazine, 

July,  1906. 
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January  3,  1903. 


Articles  in  "Social  Service^' 

Corwin,  R  W  Social  Betterment  in  the  Rocky  Mountains.     Decem- 

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Findlay,A  I  Shop  Improvement  and  Its  Critics.     September,  1901. 

Ford,  F  G  Baths  in  Factories.     February,  1903. 

Ford,  F  G  Employees'  Recreation  Grounds.     May,  1903. 

Ford,FG  Hot  Luncheon  for  Employees.     November,  1903. 

Ford,  F  G  Improved  Housing  for  Wage  Earners.     April,  1903. 

Strong,  Josiah  Mutual  Interests  of  Capital  and  Labor.    October,  1901. 

Strong,  Josiah  What    Manufacturers    say    about    Improved    Factory- 
Surroundings,  May,  1903. 


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American  Society  of  Moral  and  Sanitary  Prophylaxis,  109  East  34th  St, 
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American  Park  and  Outdoor  Art  Association,  65  South  Washington  St, 
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Appleton,  D,  Co,  436  Fifth  Ave,  New  York 

Baker  &  Taylor,  Z2,  East  17th  St,  New  York 

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Blakiston,  P,  Philadelphia,  Pa 

Buck,  B  F,  160  Fifth  Ave,  New  York 

Callaghan  &  Co,  114  Monroe  St,  Chicago,  111 

Crowell,  T  Y,  326  West  Broadway,  New  York 

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Eckels,  H  S  &  Co  Philadelphia,  Pa 

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Gorham,  London 

Grosset  &  Dunlap,  52  Duane  St,  New  York 

Harpers,  Franklin  Square,  New  York 

Harpers  Weekly,  Franklin  Square,  New  York 

Heath  &  Co,  D  C,  120  Boylston  St,  Boston,  Mass 

Holt,  Henry  &  Co,  34  West  33d  St,  New  York 

Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co,  85  Fifth  Ave,  New  York 

Humboldt  Publishing  House,  1449  No  Humboldt  St,  Chicago,  111 

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Johns  Hopkins  Press,  Baltimore,  Md 

Lasher,  Geo  F,  Philadelphia,  Pa 

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Municipal  Affairs — Reform  Club  Committee  on  City  Affairs — 52  Williams 

Moffat,  Yard  &  Co,  31  East  17th  St,  New  York 

McClure,  The,  Co,  44  East  23d  St,  New  York 

National   League   for  the   Protection   of   the   Family,   Everett   Price   Co, 

Boston,  Mass 
Nisbet,  James,  London,  21  Berners,  W 
Outlook,  105  East  22d  St,  New  York 
Paul,  Kegan,  Drydon  House,  London 
Putnam,  G  P,  Sons,  27  West  23d  St,  New  York 
Revell,  F  H,  158  Fifth  Ave,  New  York 
Record  &  Guide,  New  York,  11  E  24th  St,  New  York 
Routledge,  Geo  &  Sons,  London — (E  P  Button  &  Co,  Agents)  31  West 

23d  St,  New  York 
Ray,  Herbert  A,  Chicago,  111 

Religious  Education  Association,  Chicago,  Association  Bldg 
Scribner,  Chas,  Sons,  155  Fifth  Ave,  New  York 
League  for  Political  Education,  23  West  44th  St,  New  York  Society  of 

Social  Hygiene,  Chicago 
Sonnenschein,  Swan  &  Co,  London 
Scott,  Faresman  &  Co,  378  Wabash  Ave,  Chicago 
Stokes,  F  A  &  Co,  333  Fourth  Ave,  New  York 
Taylor  &  Baker  Co,  New  York,  33  East  17th  St,  New  York 
Trench,  Paul,  Dryden  House,  London 
University  of  Chicago  Press,  Chicago 
Wiley,  Jno  &  Sons,  45  East  19th  St,  New  York 
Wessels,  A,  Co,  203  Fulton  St,  Brooklyn,  N  Y 
World's  Work,  133  East  16th  St,  New  York 
Wright  &  Potter,  18  P  O  Square,  Boston 
Whitaker,  Thos,  Bible  House,  New  York 
Winston,  John  C,  Co,  1006  Arch  St,  Philadelphia,  Pa 

NOTE — Books  can  be  secured  from  local  book  stores,  or  from  the 
Publishing  Houses  direct,  or  from  the  Y  M  C  A  Press,  124  E  28th  St,  N  Y 


The  Publication  Depart- 
ment of  the  International 
Committee  of  Young  Men's 
Christian    Associations 


Association  Press 

124  East  28th  Street,  New  York 

Telephone  6700  Madison  Square.    Cable  Address:  Flamingo 


SECRETARfES 

FREDERIC    B.  SHIPP,    EXECUTIVE 
DAVID   S.  JILLSON,    BUSINESS 
HENRY   S.  NINDE,    EDITORIAL 
ROBERT  J.  COLE,    EDITORIAL 
ALBERT  T.  MASAGNOS,   SPECIAL 


Dear   uir:- 


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We  have  youT   lett^T  conc6T'niTi^^   the  Re'^ooft'?   of* 
the   Sooiet3'-  for  the  Proraotion  cf   Social   Service". 
^      As  we  under gtend  it   the   first   oorrfe-':'^nce  lil  not   have   any 
publi=!hed  report. 

The   s'econd  conference  held  in  190?*/,    the  report 
v/    YJ8-3  pir^l i  =:''"ied  iinde"^   the   title   "A   Proceedin.f^  for   the   Social 
Service"  i^hich   is  proh'-ibly  the  hook  you  h^ve,    as   this  ttss 
printed  fis   h  first  report. 

/The  thi'>^d  conference  repeat   is   entitled   "Juvenile 
Delin^rent"   and   this   cones   in  pqper  hlndin^^^  for  fifty  cents. 

Tlie  fourth  conference  repc^^t  is   entitled 
"The  Ir:i'r'ii{],T?^nt   ■ ''^d  the  '1or':TiUnit3'""   f^'^A  this  comes  in  t''"''0 
-/^    editions   50  cents   for  p»Hper  and  '^B  c-^'nts    ''or   cloth. 
:^'       These    l**st   t^^o  '"'e  ^"il"'.   he  ver^''   "'l^.d  to  furnish  ■'"Ou  if  '"■ou 
c?re   to   order. 


M?.  Charles  R.  n^reen, 
A f^r i cul tu.-^^?3.l  0 01 1  erre , 
Amherst,    Mass, 


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President 

G  K  SHURTLEFF.  Qeveland 

Vice  President 

GEORGE  J  FISHER.  M  D.  New  York 

Secretary-  Treasurer 

ALLEN  T  BURNS,   180  Grand  Avenue,  Chicago 

A  G  BOOKWALTER,  Boston 
WALTER  F  DIACK.  New  York 
EDMUND  McDonald,  jr.  Plqua,  Ohio 
S  WIRT  WILEY,  Minneapolis 


